Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: emperor · What happens: stare

This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 stared	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 emperor	det
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stared	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stared	advmod
5	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mirror	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mirror	det
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stared	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stared	obl:unmarked
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	the emperor				time	in the mirror	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mirror=Theme

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 checked his reflection

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 checked	nsubj
2	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 reflection	nmod:poss
4	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 checked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	He	his reflection					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reflection=Theme

Option 2

He admired his own face

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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 face	amod
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admired	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admire	past	He	his own face					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 3

He turned slowly to check himself in the large mirror in the hall

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turned	advcl
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 check	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 mirror	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mirror	det
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mirror	amod
10	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 check	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mirror	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He					slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	check	to-infinitive	He not said here	himself = he		the large mirror in the hall			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He turned to check himself

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 check	mark
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 turned	xcomp
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He						tree rules
2	check	to-infinitive	He not said here	himself = he					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

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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