Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:…
Which phrase most accurately describes the courtiers' reaction to the Emperor's new garments?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, courtiers · What happens: describe, react · To what, where: reaction
This is exam question 4 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | nsubj |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 accurately | advmod |
| 4 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 5 describes | advmod |
| 5 | describes | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 courtiers | det |
| 7 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 reaction | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 7 courtiers | case |
| 9 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 describes | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 garments | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Emperor | det |
| 12 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 garments | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Emperor | case |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 garments | amod |
| 15 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 describes | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 describes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | which phrase | the courtiers's reaction | to the Emperor's new garments; accurately property | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme to garment=be' | |||
| 2 | react | the courtiers | nom reaction «process 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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
open disapproval
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 disapproval | amod |
| 2 | disapproval | disapproval | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
unanimous feigned admiration
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unanimous | unanimous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 admiration | amod |
| 2 | feigned | feign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 admiration | amod |
| 3 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feign | participle | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
genuine and open praise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 praise | amod |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 open | cc |
| 3 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 genuine | conj |
| 4 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a unanimous and sincere display of genuine admiration for the cloth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 display | det |
| 2 | unanimous | unanimous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 display | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sincere | cc |
| 4 | sincere | sincere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 unanimous | conj |
| 5 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 admiration | case |
| 7 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 admiration | amod |
| 8 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 display | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 cloth | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cloth | det |
| 11 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 admiration | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | display | genuine admiration for the cloth | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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