Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:…
did the old minister see the cloth or was he lowkey scared to say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old minister, minister · What happens: do, see, be, say · To what, where: cloth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 minister | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 minister | amod |
| 4 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 did | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cloth | det |
| 7 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 scared | cc |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 scared | cop |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 scared | nsubj |
| 11 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 12 scared | advmod |
| 12 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 did | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 say | mark |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 scared | xcomp |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | the old minister | the cloth | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cloth=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | past | minister | lowkey, scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | minister not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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
he admired the bright colours
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 admired | nsubj |
| 2 | admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 colours | det |
| 4 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 colours | amod |
| 5 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 admired | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admire | past | he | the bright colours | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer colour=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
he saw nothing, yet praised it at once and urged the Emperor to wear it
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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 praised | punct |
| 5 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 6 praised | cc |
| 6 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 praised | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 once | case |
| 9 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 praised | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 urged | cc |
| 11 | urged | urge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Emperor | det |
| 13 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 urged | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 wear | mark |
| 15 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 urged | xcomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 wear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | he | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | praise | past | he not said here | it | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | urge | past | he not said here | the Emperor | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | wear not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | it | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he saw nothing, but praised it
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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 praised | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 praised | cc |
| 6 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 praised | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | he | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | praise | past | he not said here | it | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
he saw nothing, but praised it loudly to avoid looking foolish before the court
The tree, 14 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 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 praised | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 praised | cc |
| 6 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 praised | obj |
| 8 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 6 praised | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 avoid | mark |
| 10 | avoid | avoid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 praised | advcl |
| 11 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 avoid | xcomp |
| 12 | foolish | foolish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 looking | xcomp |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 court | det |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | he | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | praise | past | he not said here | it | loudly property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | avoid | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | look | gerund | he not said here | before the court | foolish property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before court=Theme |
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