--- title: Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who… · tree and pragmatics description: Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/e4/) [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 Old Man Who…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss… Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** introduce · **To what, where:** ruler, opening This is exam question 4 of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» 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/1370-pg4018-part30/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e4:1 # text = Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **introduce** | present · passive | | which ruler | | the opening of the second tale | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} A Fox Spirit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e4:o1:1 # text = A Fox Spirit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Spirit Spirit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Rin Jin, the Dragon King of the Sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e4:o2:1 # text = Rin Jin, the Dragon King of the Sea 1 Rin Rin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Jin Jin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Sea Witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e4:o3:1 # text = The Sea Witch 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Kin Jun, the Tiger Lord of the Hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:e4:o4:1 # text = Kin Jun, the Tiger Lord of the Hills 1 Kin Kin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Jun Jun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Tiger Tiger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 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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