Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…
no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: do, want · To what, where: emperor, cloth
This is test 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. 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 want | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cap | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 emperor | det |
| 7 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 8 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cloth | det |
| 10 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 want | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 want | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | no cap | the emperor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | want | present | no cap | the cloth | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cloth=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
To test which of his courtiers were fit to keep their posts and titles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 test | mark |
| 2 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 fit | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 courtiers | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 courtiers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fit | obl |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fit | cop |
| 8 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 test | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 keep | mark |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fit | xcomp |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 posts | nmod:poss |
| 12 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 keep | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 titles | cc |
| 14 | titles | title | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 posts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | to-infinitive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | of his courtiers; fit property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | courtiers's posts and titles | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To spot the stupid people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 spot | mark |
| 2 | spot | spot | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 4 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spot | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | to-infinitive | the stupid people | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme people=Destination |
Option 3
To impress his guests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 impress | mark |
| 2 | impress | impress | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 guests | nmod:poss |
| 4 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 impress | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | impress | to-infinitive | his guests | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
To spot the stupid people in his court and city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 spot | mark |
| 2 | spot | spot | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 people | det |
| 4 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spot | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 court | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 court | nmod:poss |
| 8 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spot | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 city | cc |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 court | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spot | to-infinitive | the stupid people | in his court and city | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Destination in court=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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