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title: so who did he and his aunt thank for keeping him alive? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: so who did he and his aunt thank for keeping him alive? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

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so who did he and his aunt thank for keeping him alive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** do, thank, keep · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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/1379-pg4018-part39/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t5:1
# text = so who did he and his aunt thank for keeping him alive?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund | he *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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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All the kami of the mountain and the river and the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t5:o1:1
# text = All the kami of the mountain and the river and the sea
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kami	kami	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	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess of the High Heavenly Plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t5:o2:1
# text = Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess of the High Heavenly Plain
1	Amaterasu	Amaterasu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Plain	Plain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Izanagi, the god of creation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t5:o3:1
# text = Izanagi, the god of creation
1	Izanagi	Izanagi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t5:o4:1
# text = Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
1	Amaterasu	Amaterasu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

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