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title: Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutte… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess, and state the grounds upon which she judged it to be spurious. Exam question 1 of lesson 1357 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonlight, part 17: a fake bowl is sent back and a fake branch is found out» of th
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

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Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess, and state the grounds upon which she judged it to be spurious.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object, Princess · **What happens:** identify, present, state, judge, be · **To what, where:** object, Princess, grounds

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1357 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonlight, part 17: a fake bowl is sent back and a fake branch is found out» 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/1357-pg4018-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e1:1
# text = Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess, and state the grounds upon which she judged it to be spurious.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	Knight	Knight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	presented	present	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	14	obj	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	judged	judge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	cop	_	_
24	spurious	spurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | past | the object |  | the Princess |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to princess=Recipient |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | the grounds |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grounds=Topic |
| 4 | **judge** | past | Princess | object |  |  |  | upon the grounds | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value |
| 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | spurious *property* | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	judged	judge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	spurious	spurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past | a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple |  |  |  |  | spurious *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **shine** | past · do-support | bowl |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine and was clearly dull to the eye

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine and was clearly dull to the eye
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	judged	judge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	spurious	spurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | past | a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple |  |  |  |  | spurious *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **shine** | past · do-support | bowl |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the eye; clearly, dull *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stone bowl taken from a Kyoto temple altar at night, judged spurious by the Princess because it did not shine at all in the room

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = A stone bowl taken from a Kyoto temple altar at night, judged spurious by the Princess because it did not shine at all in the room
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
14	spurious	spurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	shine	shine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	obl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a stone bowl *not said here* |  | a Kyoto temple altar | night |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from altar=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **judge** | participle |  | a stone bowl *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Princess; spurious *property* | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **shine** | past · do-support | altar |  |  | all |  | in the room | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clay jar from a village well, rejected as fake since it had no glow

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = A clay jar from a village well, rejected as fake since it had no glow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
12	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | participle · passive |  | a clay jar from a village |  |  |  | as fake; well *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | jar | no glow |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glow=Patient |

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