Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:…

By what means did the two impostors obtain the materials they claimed to weave?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two impostors, impostors · What happens: mean, do, obtain, claim, weave · To what, where: materials

This is exam question 2 of lesson 274 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1: a vain Emperor is fooled by two cheating weavers» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 impostors	det
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 impostors	nummod
7	impostors	impostor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obtain	nsubj
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 materials	det
10	materials	material	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 obtain	obj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 claimed	nsubj
12	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 materials	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 weave	mark
14	weave	weave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 claimed	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			tree rules
3	obtain	present	the two impostors	the materials	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset material=Theme
4	claim speech: other	past	impostors = impostor	the materials not said here	tree rules
5	weave	to-infinitive	impostors = impostor not said here		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

by asking the Emperor for coins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 asking	mark
2	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Emperor	det
4	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asking	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 coins	case
6	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			the Emperor			for coins	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient

Option 2

by requesting silk and gold thread from the royal treasury at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thread	cc
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thread	compound
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 silk	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 treasury	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 treasury	det
9	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 treasury	amod
10	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 requesting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		silk and gold thread		the royal treasury			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent silk=Recipient

Option 3

by demanding rare silk, pure gold thread, and a large workshop in the palace

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 demanding	mark
2	demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 silk	amod
4	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanding	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thread	punct
6	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thread	amod
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thread	compound
8	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 silk	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 workshop	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 workshop	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 workshop	det
12	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 workshop	amod
13	workshop	workshop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanding	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 palace	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 workshop	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	gerund		rare silk and pure gold thread				a large workshop in the palace obl	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silk=Precondition

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by requesting silk and gold thread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 requesting	mark
2	requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requesting	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 thread	cc
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thread	compound
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 silk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		silk and gold thread					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent silk=Recipient

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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