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title: No way, what did the Sea King's daughters play for the feast? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter… · tree and pragmatics
description: No way, what did the Sea King's daughters play for the feast? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1367 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost…

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No way, what did the Sea King's daughters play for the feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way · **What happens:** do, play · **To what, where:** daughters, way

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1367 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1367-pg4018-part27/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t5:1
# text = No way, what did the Sea King's daughters play for the feast?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
11	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no way | the Sea King's daughters |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | present |  | no way |  |  |  | for the feast | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for feast=Eventuality |

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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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the koto, the Japanese harp played at feasts in Kyoto

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t5:o1:1
# text = the koto, the Japanese harp played at feasts in Kyoto
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	koto	koto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | the Japanese harp *not said here* |  | feasts |  | in Kyoto | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the biwa, that Japanese lute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t5:o2:1
# text = the biwa, that Japanese lute
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	biwa	biwa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lute	lute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the koto, that Japanese harp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t5:o3:1
# text = the koto, that Japanese harp
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	koto	koto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the bamboo flute with five holes and a cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t5:o4:1
# text = the bamboo flute with five holes and a cord
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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