--- title: Which of the following best describes the islanders' attitude toward… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the islanders' attitude towards death, as recorded in the text? Exam question 2 of lesson 1355 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Perpetual Life, tires of it, and wakes from a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1355-pg4018-part15/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1355-pg4018-part15/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per… Which of the following best describes the islanders' attitude towards death, as recorded in the text? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, record · **To what, where:** attitude, text This is exam question 2 of lesson 1355 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Perpetual Life, tires of it, and wakes from a dream» 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/1355-pg4018-part15/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e2:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the islanders' attitude towards death, as recorded in the text? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 islanders islander NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 attitude attitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 towards towards ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | | the islanders's attitude | | | | of the best; towards death | tree rules | | 3 | **record** | participle | | | | the text | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination | 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} a dread of Paradise, seen as torment ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e2:o1:1 # text = a dread of Paradise, seen as torment 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 torment torment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | participle | | a dread of Paradise *not said here* | | | | as torment | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as torment=Attribute | | 2 | **dread** | | | Paradise | | | | | nom dread «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a longing for Paradise, regarded as bliss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e2:o2:1 # text = a longing for Paradise, regarded as bliss 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 bliss bliss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | participle | | a longing for Paradise *not said here* | | | | as bliss | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as bliss=Value | ### Option 3 {#o3} indifference towards the afterlife, seen as dull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e2:o3:1 # text = indifference towards the afterlife, seen as dull 1 indifference indifference NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 towards towards ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 afterlife afterlife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | participle | | indifference towards the afterlife *not said here* | | | | as dull | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as dull=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} fear of the afterlife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e2:o4:1 # text = fear of the afterlife 1 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 afterlife afterlife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | | | the afterlife | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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