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description: With reference to the text, what did the wife plead for, and what was the outcome of her pleading? Exam question 4 of lesson 1364 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the prie…

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With reference to the text, what did the wife plead for, and what was the outcome of her pleading?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** do, plead, be · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1364 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house» 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/1364-pg4018-part24/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e4:1
# text = With reference to the text, what did the wife plead for, and what was the outcome of her pleading?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	plead	plead	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	pleading	pleading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **plead** *speech: request* | present | the wife |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of wife's pleading | tree rules |
| 4 | **plead** |  | wife |  |  |  |  |  | nom pleading «communication intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she begged to keep the monkey alive, but it failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e4:o1:1
# text = she begged to keep the monkey alive, but it failed
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the monkey |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme |
| 3 | **fail** | past | monkey |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she begged her husband to spare the monkey's life many times, but he refused to listen to her at all

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e4:o2:1
# text = she begged her husband to spare the monkey's life many times, but he refused to listen to her at all
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she |  | her husband |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient |
| 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the monkey's life |  |  | time |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset |
| 3 | **refuse** | past | husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **listen** | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* |  | monkey | all |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she pleaded to spare the monkey, and it was in vain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e4:o3:1
# text = she pleaded to spare the monkey, and it was in vain
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the monkey |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent monkey=Asset |
| 3 | **is** | past | monkey |  |  |  |  | vain *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she pleaded with tears for the monkey to be spared, and her husband then sent it away anyway

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e4:o4:1
# text = she pleaded with tears for the monkey to be spared, and her husband then sent it away anyway
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | she |  |  |  |  | with tears; for the monkey | tree rules |
| 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive · passive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset» |
| 3 | **send away** | past | monkey's husband | it |  |  | then | anyway, away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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