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description: Explain the intent behind the spiteful young man's advice to the injured hare. Exam question 4 of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

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Explain the intent behind the spiteful young man's advice to the injured hare.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** explain · **To what, where:** intent, injured hare, advice

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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/1375-pg4018-part35/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:e4:1
# text = Explain the intent behind the spiteful young man's advice to the injured hare.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	injured	injured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the intent | the injured hare | the spiteful young man's advice |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent intent=Topic to hare=Recipient |

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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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He wanted to cause the hare more pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:e4:o1:1
# text = He wanted to cause the hare more pain
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the hare and more pain |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hare=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He faked concern to trick the hare into more harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:e4:o2:1
# text = He faked concern to trick the hare into more harm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	faked	fake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fake** | past | He | concern |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concern=Patient |
| 2 | **trick** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the hare |  |  |  | into more harm *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hare=Patient into harm=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:e4:o3:1
# text = He was jealous
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He pretended kindness in order to cause further suffering to the hare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:e4:o4:1
# text = He pretended kindness in order to cause further suffering to the hare
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	suffering	suffering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past | He | kindness |  | order |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | suffering |  |  |  | to the hare | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition suffering=Patient |

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