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title: To what cause does the narrative attribute the rising of the tempest… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yam… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what cause does the narrative attribute the rising of the tempest upon the sea? Exam question 3 of lesson 1378 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: the sea storm and Ototachibana's sacrifice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: t…

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To what cause does the narrative attribute the rising of the tempest upon the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cause, tempest · **What happens:** do, rise · **To what, where:** narrative attribute

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1378 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: the sea storm and Ototachibana's sacrifice» 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/1378-pg4018-part38/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1378-pg4018-part38:e3:1
# text = To what cause does the narrative attribute the rising of the tempest upon the sea?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rising	rising	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tempest	tempest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | cause | the narrative attribute |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribute=Eventuality |
| 2 | **rise** |  | the tempest upon the sea |  |  |  |  |  | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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a curse from the sea god

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1378-pg4018-part38:e3:o1:1
# text = a curse from the sea god
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Prince's scornful remark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1378-pg4018-part38:e3:o2:1
# text = the Prince's scornful remark
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	scornful	scornful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remark** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the wild anger of the sea, which the Prince had long disturbed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1378-pg4018-part38:e3:o3:1
# text = the wild anger of the sea, which the Prince had long disturbed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	anger	anger	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disturb** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Prince |  |  |  | long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer which=Result |
| 2 | **anger** |  | the sea |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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the Prince's scornful remark concerning the sea, which provoked Kin Jin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1378-pg4018-part38:e3:o4:1
# text = the Prince's scornful remark concerning the sea, which provoked Kin Jin
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	scornful	scornful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Kin	Kin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	Jin	Jin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **provoke** | past | the Prince's scornful remark concern the sea | Kin |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kin=Experiencer |
| 3 | **remark** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  | concern the sea | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent concern=obl |

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