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description: What, according to the messenger, shows that Sentaro's desire for death was not genuine? Exam question 3 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 dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per…

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What, according to the messenger, shows that Sentaro's desire for death was not genuine?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** desire, Sentaro · **What happens:** accord, show, not be, desire · **To what, where:** messenger · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e3:1
# text = What, according to the messenger, shows that Sentaro's desire for death was not genuine?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
10	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the messenger *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to messenger=Goal |
| 2 | **show** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past | Sentaro's desire for death |  |  |  |  | genuine *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **desire** |  | Sentaro |  |  |  |  | for death | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his cry for help while sinking in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e3:o1:1
# text = his cry for help while sinking in the sea
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | gerund | his cry for help *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cry** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | for help | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his request to be left alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e3:o2:1
# text = his request to be left alone
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive · passive |  | his request |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **request** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his silence while drifting on the waves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e3:o3:1
# text = his silence while drifting on the waves
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drifting	drift	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | gerund | his silence *not said here* |  |  | the waves |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wave=Trajectory |
| 2 | **silence** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his frantic call for rescue while sinking in the sea, showing he still wished to live.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:e3:o4:1
# text = his frantic call for rescue while sinking in the sea, showing he still wished to live.
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	frantic	frantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sinking	sink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | gerund | his frantic call for rescue *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | his frantic call for rescue *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wish** | past | he |  |  |  | still |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **call** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | for rescue | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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