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title: Identify the person who, in the absence of a male heir, was adopted… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the person who, in the absence of a male heir, was adopted by Prince Toyonari to succeed to his household. Exam question 2 of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» of the books course o
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

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Identify the person who, in the absence of a male heir, was adopted by Prince Toyonari to succeed to his household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Prince · **What happens:** identify, adopt, succeed, absent · **To what, where:** person, absence, male heir

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» 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/1354-pg4018-part14/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e2:1
# text = Identify the person who, in the absence of a male heir, was adopted by Prince Toyonari to succeed to his household.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	Toyonari	Toyonari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the person |  | the absence of a male heir |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **adopt** | past · passive | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **succeed** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Prince's household | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **absent** |  |  | a male heir |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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A nephew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e2:o1:1
# text = A nephew
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A monk's ward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e2:o2:1
# text = A monk's ward
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	ward	ward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A younger son of one of the Court nobles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e2:o3:1
# text = A younger son of one of the Court nobles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A boy taken from a poor farming family nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e2:o4:1
# text = A boy taken from a poor farming family nearby
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a boy *not said here* |  | a poor farming family |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from family=Initial\_Location |

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