--- title: What was the species of the tree beneath which the dog was buried? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the species of the tree beneath which the dog was buried? Exam question 2 of lesson 1369 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour borrows the magic mortar and breaks it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1369-pg4018-part29/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy n… What was the species of the tree beneath which the dog was buried? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, bury · **To what, where:** species, dog, tree This is exam question 2 of lesson 1369 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Dog Shiro, part 29: the greedy neighbour borrows the magic mortar and breaks it» 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/1369-pg4018-part29/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:e2:1 # text = What was the species of the tree beneath which the dog was buried? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 species species NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the species | | | | of the tree | tree rules | | 2 | **bury** | past · passive | | the dog | | the tree | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beneath which=Destination | 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} the yenoki tree of the old man's garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:e2:o1:1 # text = the yenoki tree of the old man's garden 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 yenoki yenoki X FW _ 3 compound _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 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 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yenoki ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:e2:o2:1 # text = yenoki 1 yenoki yenoki X FW Foreign=Yes 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} cedar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:e2:o3:1 # text = cedar 1 cedar cedar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} a large yenoki tree from the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1369-pg4018-part29:e2:o4:1 # text = a large yenoki tree from the field 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 yenoki yenoki NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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