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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…

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By which means did Momotaro gain admittance to the interior of the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Momotaro · **What happens:** mean, gain · **To what, where:** admittance · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» 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/1382-pg4018-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:e2:1
# text = By which means did Momotaro gain admittance to the interior of the castle?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Momotaro	Momotaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	admittance	admittance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **gain** | past · do-support | Momotaro | admittance |  |  |  | to the interior of the castle *result* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient admittance=Extent to interior=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
through a small back door in the lowest wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = through a small back door in the lowest wall
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
through a small back door in the lowest wall, after crossing the moat on a fallen log

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = through a small back door in the lowest wall, after crossing the moat on a fallen log
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	moat	moat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | gerund | a small back door in the lowest wall *not said here* | the moat |  | a fallen log |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moat=Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
through a small gate in the highest wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = through a small gate in the highest wall
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
via a hidden stair in the tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1382-pg4018-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = via a hidden stair in the tower
1	via	via	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stair	stair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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