Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: attitude

This is exam question 1 of lesson 824 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 attitude	det
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 courtiers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 courtiers	det
11	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 attitude	nmod
12	toward	toward	ADP	_	15 garment	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 garment	det
14	imperial	imperial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 garment	amod
15	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 courtiers	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment				of the best	tree rules

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

They loudly affirmed its excellence while secretly perceiving absolutely nothing whatsoever at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 affirmed	nsubj
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 affirmed	advmod
3	affirmed	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 excellence	nmod:poss
5	excellence	excellence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 affirmed	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 perceiving	mark
7	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	8 perceiving	advmod
8	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 affirmed	advcl
9	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	10 nothing	advmod
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 perceiving	obj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	8 perceiving	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 perceiving	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 affirmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affirm	past	They	its excellence				loudly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus
2	perceive	gerund	They not said here	nothing		all		secretly, whatsoever property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 2

They praised it while seeing nothing at all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 seeing	mark
5	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 praised	advcl
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 seeing	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 nothing	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	They	it					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	see	gerund	They not said here	nothing		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They affirmed its excellence while perceiving nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 affirmed	nsubj
2	affirmed	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 excellence	nmod:poss
4	excellence	excellence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affirmed	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 perceiving	mark
6	perceiving	perceive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 affirmed	advcl
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 perceiving	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 affirmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affirm	past	They	its excellence					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus
2	perceive	gerund	They not said here	nothing					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus

Option 4

The courtiers openly affirmed the garment's excellence, though each privately perceived nothing and feared exposure.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 courtiers	det
2	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 affirmed	nsubj
3	openly	openly	ADV	_	4 affirmed	advmod
4	affirmed	affirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garment	det
6	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excellence	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 garment	case
8	excellence	excellence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 affirmed	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 perceived	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 perceived	mark
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 perceived	nsubj
12	privately	privately	ADV	_	13 perceived	advmod
13	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 affirmed	parataxis
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 perceived	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 feared	cc
16	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 perceived	conj
17	exposure	exposure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 feared	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 affirmed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	affirm	past	the courtiers	the garment's excellence	openly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus
2	perceive	past	each	nothing	privately property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
3	fear	past	each not said here	exposure		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exposure=Stimulus

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