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title: Which device did the hare employ to ignite the Tanuki's burden of wo… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which device did the hare employ to ignite the Tanuki's burden of wood? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

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Which device did the hare employ to ignite the Tanuki's burden of wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** device, Tanuki · **What happens:** employ, ignite, burden · **To what, where:** burden, wood

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e4:1
# text = Which device did the hare employ to ignite the Tanuki's burden of wood?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ignite	ignite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · do-support | which device |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **ignite** | to-infinitive | which device *not said here* | the Tanuki's burden of wood |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent burden=Patient |
| 3 | **burden** |  | the Tanuki | wood |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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he rubbed two sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = he rubbed two sticks
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | past | he | two sticks |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he set the wood alight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = he set the wood alight
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	alight	alight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | he | the wood |  |  |  | alight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wood=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a lantern and a torch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = a lantern and a torch
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = a match
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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