Exam question 2 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

Identify the principal lesson of Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes".

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Christian Andersen · What happens: identify, tell · To what, where: principal lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lesson	amod
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 tale	case
6	Hans	Hans	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Christian	compound
7	Christian	Christian	PROPN	_	8 Andersen	flat
8	Andersen	Andersen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 tale	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Andersen	case
10	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lesson	nmod
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Clothes	punct
12	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Emperor	det
13	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Clothes	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Emperor	case
15	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Clothes	compound
16	Clothes	Clothe	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 tale	appos
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Clothes	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal lesson of Christian Andersen's tale					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme
2	tell		Christian Andersen						nom tale «communication intransitive»: 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

Invisible garments are the most valuable of all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 garments	amod
2	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 valuable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 valuable	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 valuable	det
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 valuable	advmod
6	valuable	valuable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 valuable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Invisible garments					of all; valuable property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The fear of appearing foolish may induce an entire community to pretend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fear	det
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 induce	nsubj
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 appearing	mark
4	appearing	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 fear	acl
5	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 appearing	xcomp
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 induce	aux
7	induce	induce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 community	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 community	amod
10	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 induce	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 pretend	mark
12	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 induce	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	appear	gerund	the fear not said here		foolish property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	induce	may	the fear	a entire community		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent community=Patient
3	pretend	to-infinitive	the fear not said here			tree rules

Option 3

Tailors are invariably honest in their dealings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tailors	tailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 honest	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 honest	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 honest	advmod
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dealings	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dealings	nmod:poss
7	dealings	dealing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 honest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tailors			Tailors's dealings		honest, invariably property	tree rules
2	deal		Tailors = tailor						nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Children ought never to speak in the presence of rulers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 speak	nsubj
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 speak	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 speak	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 presence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 presence	det
8	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 rulers	case
10	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 presence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	ought	Children			the presence of rulers			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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