--- title: What was the outcome of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife? Exam question 3 of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1617-pg5615-part6/e3/) [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, The Slaying of t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1617-pg5615-part6/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t… What was the outcome of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tanuki · **What happens:** be, deceive · **To what, where:** outcome, wife This is exam question 3 of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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/1617-pg5615-part6/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e3:1 # text = What was the outcome of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Tanuki Tanuki PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | of the Tanuki's deception of the peasant's wife | tree rules | | 2 | **deceive** | | the Tanuki | the peasant's wife | | | | | nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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} she was pounded in the mortar until she could not stand up again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e3:o1:1 # text = she was pounded in the mortar until she could not stand up again 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 pounded pound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pound** | past · passive | | she | | the mortar | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **stand up** | could | she | | | | again | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} she was thrown in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e3:o2:1 # text = she was thrown in the river 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past · passive | | she | | the river | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in river=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} she was pounded in the mortar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e3:o3:1 # text = she was pounded in the mortar 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 pounded pound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mortar mortar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pound** | past · passive | | she | | the mortar | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme in mortar=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} she was carried off by a fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e3:o4:1 # text = she was carried off by a fox 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | a fox | she | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | **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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