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Exam question 1 of lesson 1616 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1616-pg5615-part5/e1/) [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, Uraschimataro an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1616-pg5615-part5/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5… Upon his return to the village, what does Uraschimataro discover concerning the lapse of time since his departure? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uraschimataro, his, time · **What happens:** discover, concern, return, lapse, depart This is exam question 1 of lesson 1616 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed» 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/1616-pg5615-part5/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e1:1 # text = Upon his return to the village, what does Uraschimataro discover concerning the lapse of time since his departure? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 9 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 Uraschimataro Uraschimataro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 concerning concern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lapse lapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 since since ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | present · do-support | Uraschimataro | | | | since Uraschimataro's departure | upon his return to the village; concern the lapse of time | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **return** | | his *= he* | | | | | to the village | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 4 | **lapse** | | time | | | | | | nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 5 | **depart** | | Uraschimataro | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} Only a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e1:o1:1 # text = Only a week 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} That merely a few seasons have gone by since he departed his home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e1:o2:1 # text = That merely a few seasons have gone by since he departed his home 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 2 merely merely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 seasons season NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | That | | | | | merely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | past | he | his home | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} That three hundred years have elapsed since he quitted his home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e1:o3:1 # text = That three hundred years have elapsed since he quitted his home 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 since since SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 quitted quitt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elapse** | present · perfect | hundred years | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **quitt** | past | he | his home | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Three years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e1:o4:1 # text = Three years 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` 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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