Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…
Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct during the procession?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase, Emperor · What happens: characteris, conduct · To what, where: conduct
This is exam question 4 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 | DET | PronType=Int | 2 phrase | det |
| 2 | phrase | phrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 characterises | nsubj |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 accurately | advmod |
| 4 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 5 characterises | advmod |
| 5 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Emperor | det |
| 7 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Emperor | case |
| 9 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 characterises | obj |
| 10 | during | during | ADP | _ | 12 procession | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 procession | det |
| 12 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 characterises | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 characterises | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | characteris | present | which phrase | the Emperor's conduct | during the procession | accurately property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | conduct | the Emperor | nom conduct «act 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 · ← Mova's choice
He was proud.
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 | 3 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 proud | cop |
| 3 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 proud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | proud property | tree rules |
Option 2
He maintained a vain appearance.
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 maintained | nsubj |
| 2 | maintained | maintain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 appearance | det |
| 4 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 appearance | amod |
| 5 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 maintained | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 maintained | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | maintain | past | He | a vain appearance | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He sustained a display of vanity.
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 sustained | nsubj |
| 2 | sustained | sustain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 display | det |
| 4 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sustained | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 vanity | case |
| 6 | vanity | vanity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 display | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sustained | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sustain | past | He | a display of vanity | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent display=Theme | ||||
| 2 | display | vanity | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
He kept up a show of pride.
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 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 kept | compound:prt |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 show | det |
| 5 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 pride | case |
| 7 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep up | past | He | a show of pride | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent show=Theme | ||||
| 2 | show | pride | nom show «act transitive»: of=patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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