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description: Which statement correctly describes the location of the haunted plain Adachigahara? Exam question 1 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which statement correctly describes the location of the haunted plain Adachigahara?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** describe, haunt · **To what, where:** location

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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/1363-pg4018-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e1:1
# text = Which statement correctly describes the location of the haunted plain Adachigahara?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	Adachigahara	Adachigahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which statement | the location of the haunted plain |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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A vast windswept plain located in the far northern province of Mutsu in Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = A vast windswept plain located in the far northern province of Mutsu in Japan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	windswept	windswept	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	located	locate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Mutsu	Mutsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | participle |  | a vast windswept plain *not said here* |  | the far northern province of Mutsu in Japan |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide moor in the province of Ise, Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = A wide moor in the province of Ise, Japan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ise	Ise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large plain in the province of Mutsu, Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = A large plain in the province of Mutsu, Japan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mutsu	Mutsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A large plain in the province of Shinano, Japan, where travellers often lose their way after dark

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = A large plain in the province of Shinano, Japan, where travellers often lose their way after dark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Shinano	Shinano	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | travellers | travellers's way |  |  | after dark | often *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |

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