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title: Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored hea… — Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored health? Exam question 2 of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

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Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored health?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Princess Hase · **What happens:** secure, restore, act · **To what, where:** restored health

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1353-pg4018-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:e2:1
# text = Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored health?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Hase	Hase	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | past | which action of the Princess Hase | the Emperor's restored health |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition health=Theme |
| 2 | **restore** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **act** |  | the Princess Hase |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Composing a verse of praise upon silk, read before the Emperor's gathered court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = Composing a verse of praise upon silk, read before the Emperor's gathered court
1	Composing	compose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | gerund | you *not said here* | a verse of praise upon silk |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Result |
| 2 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | before the Emperor's gathered court |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **gather** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **verse** |  |  | praise upon silk |  |  |  |  | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Writing a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = Writing a letter
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | a letter |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Reciting a verse of prayer, composed upon gold-flecked paper, beside the torrent

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = Reciting a verse of prayer, composed upon gold-flecked paper, beside the torrent
1	Reciting	recite	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	flecked	fleck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	torrent	torrent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** | gerund |  | a verse of prayer |  | the torrent |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme |
| 2 | **compose** | participle |  | a verse of prayer *not said here* |  |  |  | upon flecked paper | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fleck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **verse** |  |  | prayer |  |  |  |  | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Praying in the temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = Praying in the temple
1	Praying	pray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | gerund |  |  |  | the temple |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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