Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…
Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swindlers?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: basis · What happens: do · To what, where: Emperor commission, swindlers
This is exam question 2 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | basis | basis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 commission | det |
| 6 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 commission | compound |
| 7 | commission | commission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 textile | det |
| 9 | textile | textile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 swindlers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 swindlers | det |
| 12 | swindlers | swindler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 did | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | basis | the Emperor commission | the swindlers | the textile obl:unmarked | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commission=Eventuality |
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
Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent and the unfit among his subjects and officials.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 power | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 power | nmod:poss |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Belief | nmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reveal | mark |
| 6 | reveal | reveal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 power | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 incompetent | det |
| 8 | incompetent | incompetent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reveal | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 unfit | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 unfit | det |
| 11 | unfit | unfit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 incompetent | conj |
| 12 | among | among | ADP | _ | 14 subjects | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 14 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 unfit | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 officials | cc |
| 16 | officials | official | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 subjects | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Belief | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | to-infinitive | the incompetent | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic |
Option 2
Confidence in its power to unmask the unfit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 power | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 power | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 power | nmod:poss |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 unmask | mark |
| 6 | unmask | unmask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 power | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 unfit | det |
| 8 | unfit | unfit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 unmask | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 power | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unmask | to-infinitive | the unfit | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 power | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 power | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 power | nmod:poss |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reveal | mark |
| 6 | reveal | reveal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 power | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 incompetent | det |
| 8 | incompetent | incompetent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reveal | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 power | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reveal | to-infinitive | the incompetent | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Belief in the swindlers' claims that the cloth was magical and could reveal the incompetent to all.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 claims | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 swindlers | det |
| 4 | swindlers | swindler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 claims | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 swindlers | case |
| 6 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Belief | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 magical | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cloth | det |
| 9 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 magical | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 magical | cop |
| 11 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 claims | acl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 reveal | cc |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 reveal | aux |
| 14 | reveal | reveal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 magical | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 incompetent | det |
| 16 | incompetent | incompetent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 reveal | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 all | case |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 incompetent | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Belief | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the cloth | the swindlers's claims not said here | magical property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | reveal | could | the cloth not said here | the incompetent | all | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic to all=Recipient | |||
| 3 | claim | the swindlers | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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