Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…
What is the principal consequence of the child's remark?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: child · What happens: be, remark · To what, where: principal consequence
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 consequence | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 consequence | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 consequence | det |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 consequence | amod |
| 5 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 remark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 child | det |
| 8 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 remark | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 child | case |
| 10 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consequence | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 consequence | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the principal consequence | of the child's remark | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | remark | the child | nom remark «communication transitive»: 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
The collective pretence is exposed, and the emperor realises his procession was a complete farce.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pretence | det |
| 2 | collective | collective | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pretence | amod |
| 3 | pretence | pretence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exposed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 exposed | aux:pass |
| 5 | exposed | expose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 realises | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 realises | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 emperor | det |
| 9 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 realises | nsubj |
| 10 | realises | realise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 exposed | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 procession | nmod:poss |
| 12 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 farce | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 farce | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 farce | det |
| 15 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 farce | amod |
| 16 | farce | farce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 realises | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 exposed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expose | present · passive | the collective pretence | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | realise | present | the emperor | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | emperor's procession | a complete farce | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | proceed | emperor | nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The collective pretence is exposed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pretence | det |
| 2 | collective | collective | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pretence | amod |
| 3 | pretence | pretence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exposed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 exposed | aux:pass |
| 5 | exposed | expose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 exposed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expose | present · passive | the collective pretence | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The emperor is forced to admit his error and the swindlers flee the city in fear immediately.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forced | aux:pass |
| 4 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 admit | mark |
| 6 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 forced | xcomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 error | nmod:poss |
| 8 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 admit | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 flee | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swindlers | det |
| 11 | swindlers | swindler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 flee | nsubj |
| 12 | flee | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 forced | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 city | det |
| 14 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flee | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 fear | case |
| 16 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flee | obl |
| 17 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 12 flee | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 forced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | force | present · passive | the emperor | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | admit speech: other | to-infinitive | the emperor not said here | his error | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme | ||||
| 3 | flee | present | the swindlers | the city | fear | immediately property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Initial_Location | ||
| 4 | err | his = he | nom error «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The crowd finally laughs at him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughs | nsubj |
| 3 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 4 laughs | advmod |
| 4 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughs | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 laughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | the crowd | at him = he; finally property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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