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description: Which party did the bamboo-cutter initially address in his refusal to surrender the Princess? Exam question 4 of lesson 1359 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is taken back to the moon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is…

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Which party did the bamboo-cutter initially address in his refusal to surrender the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** party · **What happens:** do, surrender, refuse · **To what, where:** bamboo cutter, refusal, Princess

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1359 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is taken back to the moon» 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/1359-pg4018-part19/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1359-pg4018-part19:e4:1
# text = Which party did the bamboo-cutter initially address in his refusal to surrender the Princess?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	cutter	cutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	initially	initially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	address	address	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which party | the bamboo cutter  address |  | party's refusal |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cutter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | which party *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** |  | party |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The messengers, who had come from the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1359-pg4018-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = The messengers, who had come from the palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messengers	messenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the messengers |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1359-pg4018-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | past · perfect | the moon chief |  |  | the cloud |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Emperor's warriors who guarded the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1359-pg4018-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = The Emperor's warriors who guarded the roof
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | past | the Emperor's warriors | the roof |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud with his whole retinue

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1359-pg4018-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud with his whole retinue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	descended	descend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | past · perfect | the moon chief |  |  | the cloud with his whole retinue |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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