--- title: Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in the closing episode? Exam question 4 of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/713-pg2435-part53/e4/) [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 Fox and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/713-pg2435-part53/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s… Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in the closing episode? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** do, constitute, close, arrive · **To what, where:** arrival, decisive occasion, closing episode This is exam question 4 of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» 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/713-pg2435-part53/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:e4:1 # text = Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in the closing episode? 1 Of of SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 constitute constitute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 decisive decisive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 amod _ _ 15 episode episode NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the king's arrival | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Eventuality | | 2 | **constitute** | imperative | you *not said here* | the decisive occasion | | the closing episode | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme occasion=Pivot | | 3 | **close** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **arrive** | | the king | | | | | | nom arrival «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} The son's hiding place on the bridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:e4:o1:1 # text = The son's hiding place on the bridge 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The tanuki's fatal leap onto the king's carriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:e4:o2:1 # text = The tanuki's fatal leap onto the king's carriage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tanuki tanuki NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 onto onto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leap** | | the tanuki | | | the king's carriage | | | nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent onto=place | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The soldiers' attack on the old fox ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:e4:o3:1 # text = The soldiers' attack on the old fox 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** | | the soldiers | | | | | on the old fox | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | ### Option 4 {#o4} The soldiers' sudden charge at the old tanuki ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:713-pg2435-part53:e4:o4:1 # text = The soldiers' sudden charge at the old tanuki 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tanuki tanuki NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | | the soldiers | | | the old tanuki | | | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place | **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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