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title: Specify the vessel which the Emperor furnished and provisioned for t… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the vessel which the Emperor furnished and provisioned for the courtier Jofuku upon his mission to the land of Horaizan. Exam question 4 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 b
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

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Specify the vessel which the Emperor furnished and provisioned for the courtier Jofuku upon his mission to the land of Horaizan.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Emperor · **What happens:** specify, furnish, provision · **To what, where:** vessel

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e4:1
# text = Specify the vessel which the Emperor furnished and provisioned for the courtier Jofuku upon his mission to the land of Horaizan.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	provisioned	provision	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	courtier	courtier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	Jofuku	Jofuku	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mission	mission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Horaizan	Horaizan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the vessel |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme |
| 2 | **furnish** | past | the Emperor | the vessel |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient |
| 3 | **provision** | participle | the Emperor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the courtier upon Emperor's mission to the land of Horaizan | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One of the Emperor's best junks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = One of the Emperor's best junks
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	junks	junk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Prince's private barge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = The Prince's private barge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A large merchant ship of the port

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = A large merchant ship of the port
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	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 swift vessel built from cedar wood, stocked with rice, silk, and gold for the long voyage across the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = A swift vessel built from cedar wood, stocked with rice, silk, and gold for the long voyage across the sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	swift	swift	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	cedar	cedar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	stocked	stock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	across	across	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | participle |  | a swift vessel and gold for the long voyage across the sea *not said here* |  | cedar wood |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from wood=Material |
| 2 | **stock** | participle |  | cedar wood *not said here* |  |  |  | with rice and silk | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rice=Theme |

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