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title: At what location did the old man advise the Happy Hunter to seek ass… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what location did the old man advise the Happy Hunter to seek assistance? Exam question 4 of lesson 1365 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher, part 25: the brothers swap jobs and the hook is lost» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fi…

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At what location did the old man advise the Happy Hunter to seek assistance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** advise, seek · **To what, where:** Happy Hunter, assistance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1365 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher, part 25: the brothers swap jobs and the hook is lost» 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/1365-pg4018-part25/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e4:1
# text = At what location did the old man advise the Happy Hunter to seek assistance?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	advise	advise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the old man |  | the Happy Hunter |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hunter=Recipient |
| 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the old man *not said here* | assistance |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme |

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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}

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At the realm of the Dragon King under the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e4:o1:1
# text = At the realm of the Dragon King under the sea
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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At the realm of Ryn Gu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e4:o2:1
# text = At the realm of Ryn Gu
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ryn	Ryn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Gu	Gu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At the bottom of the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e4:o3:1
# text = At the bottom of the sea
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In the land of Ryn Gu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e4:o4:1
# text = In the land of Ryn Gu
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ryn	Ryn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	Gu	Gu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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

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