Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

the chamberlains' train thing, what was that about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chamberlains	det
2	chamberlains	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thing	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 chamberlains	case
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	compound
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 what	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thing	appos
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 about	cop
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 about	mark
10	about	about	ADV	_	7 what	acl:relcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						about property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Holding an invisible train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 train	det
3	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 train	amod
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a invisible train					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme

Option 2

Walking behind the emperor while pretending to hold up a train of invisible cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	4 emperor	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 emperor	det
4	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walking	obl
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 pretending	mark
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walking	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hold	mark
8	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pretending	xcomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 hold	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 train	det
11	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 cloth	case
13	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cloth	amod
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 train	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund		behind the emperor	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind emperor=Trajectory
2	pretend	gerund			tree rules
3	hold up	to-infinitive	a train of invisible cloth		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme

Option 3

Pretending to hold a train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 hold	mark
3	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretending	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund							tree rules
2	hold	to-infinitive		a train					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Theme

Option 4

Pretending to hold up an invisible train that no one could see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 hold	mark
3	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretending	xcomp
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 hold	compound:prt
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 train	amod
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hold	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 see	obj
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	nsubj
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 train	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pretend	gerund			tree rules
2	hold up	to-infinitive		a invisible train	vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme
3	see	could	no one	a invisible train	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus

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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