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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

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Which object does Uraschimataro consider as a possible means of reversing the enchantment that afflicts him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, possible, enchantment · **What happens:** consider, mean, reverse, afflict · **To what, where:** enchantment, Uraschimataro · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e2:1
# text = Which object does Uraschimataro consider as a possible means of reversing the enchantment that afflicts him?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Uraschimataro	Uraschimataro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	reversing	reverse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	afflicts	afflict	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | present · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a possible |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **reverse** | gerund |  | the enchantment |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enchantment=Patient |
| 4 | **afflict** | present | the enchantment | Uraschimataro |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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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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The box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = The box
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The tiny golden box bestowed upon him by the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = The tiny golden box bestowed upon him by the princess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | participle |  | the tiny golden box *not said here* |  |  |  | upon him *= he*; by the princess | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The jeweled pipe offered to him by the fisherman's wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = The jeweled pipe offered to him by the fisherman's wife
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jeweled	jewel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jewel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | the jeweled pipe *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | by the fisherman's wife | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The silver bell kept in the temple by the old priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1616-pg5615-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = The silver bell kept in the temple by the old priest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | the silver bell *not said here* |  | the temple |  | by the old priest | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in temple=Location |

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