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title: To what did the proverb compare the mirror? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what did the proverb compare the mirror? Exam question 2 of lesson 1360 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: the father leaves, returns with gifts, and the mother falls ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: th…

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To what did the proverb compare the mirror?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proverb · **What happens:** compare · **To what, where:** mirror

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1360 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 20: the father leaves, returns with gifts, and the mother falls ill» 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/1360-pg4018-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:e2:1
# text = To what did the proverb compare the mirror?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | past · do-support | the proverb | the mirror |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient |

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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 heart of a man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = The heart of a man
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The reflection of the moon on still water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = The reflection of the moon on still water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A bird in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = A bird in spring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The soul of a woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1360-pg4018-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = The soul of a woman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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