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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

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State the principal reason why the Second Knight departed from his parental home, as given to his parents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Second Knight · **What happens:** depart, give · **To what, where:** parental home, parents

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e2:1
# text = State the principal reason why the Second Knight departed from his parental home, as given to his parents.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	Knight	Knight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | the Second Knight |  |  | Knight's parental home |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from home=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **give** | participle | the Second Knight *not said here* |  | Knight's parents |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to parent=Recipient |

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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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A requirement of bodily health, namely a change of air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = A requirement of bodily health, namely a change of air
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bodily	bodily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** |  |  | bodily health |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **change** |  | air |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A vow to pray at a far mountain temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = A vow to pray at a far mountain temple
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a far mountain temple |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An order from his doctors for rest in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = An order from his doctors for rest in the hills
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sick mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1357-pg4018-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = A sick mother
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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