Exam question 4 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor…

What, according to the text, was the Emperor's response when he perceived that the people had spoken correctly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, people · What happens: accord, be, perceive, speak · To what, where: text, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 response	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 What	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 text	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 text	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 according	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 response	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Emperor	det
10	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 response	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Emperor	case
12	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 perceived	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 perceived	nsubj
15	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 response	acl:relcl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 spoken	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 people	det
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 spoken	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 spoken	aux
20	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 perceived	ccomp
21	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	20 spoken	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 response	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			to the text goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal
2	is a	past		the Emperor's response		tree rules
3	perceive	past	he			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	speak speech: other	past · perfect	the people		correctly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He continued the procession with dignity, though the whole crowd had just seen the truth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procession	det
4	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 dignity	case
6	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 seen	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 seen	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crowd	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crowd	amod
11	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 seen	aux
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 seen	advmod
14	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continued	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	past	He	the procession				with dignity	tree rules
2	see	past · perfect · passive		the whole crowd					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He continued the procession with dignity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procession	det
4	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 dignity	case
6	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	past	He	the procession				with dignity	tree rules

Option 3

He continued the procession with dignity, ignoring the crowd that had just laughed at him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 continued	nsubj
2	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procession	det
4	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 dignity	case
6	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 continued	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ignoring	punct
8	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 continued	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crowd	det
10	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignoring	obj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 laughed	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 laughed	aux
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 laughed	advmod
14	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 crowd	acl:relcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	continue	past	He	the procession	with dignity	tree rules
2	ignore	gerund	He not said here	the crowd		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme
3	laugh	past · perfect · passive		the crowd	at him = he	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He carried on the parade proudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 parade	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parade	det
5	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl
6	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	2 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He			the parade		proudly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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