--- title: Which persons in the tale, having been deceived by the impostors, su… — Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New C… · tree and pragmatics description: Which persons in the tale, having been deceived by the impostors, subsequently professed admiration for a cloth that they could not perceive? Exam question 1 of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1683-pg640-part7/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1683-pg640-part7/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor… Which persons in the tale, having been deceived by the impostors, subsequently professed admiration for a cloth that they could not perceive? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** impostors · **What happens:** deceive, profess, not perceive · **To what, where:** professed admiration This is exam question 1 of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1683-pg640-part7/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:e1:1 # text = Which persons in the tale, having been deceived by the impostors, subsequently professed admiration for a cloth that they could not perceive? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 impostors impostor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 subsequently subsequently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 professed profess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deceive** | gerund · perfect · passive | the impostors | professed admiration for a cloth | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **profess** | participle | | | | | | subsequently *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **perceive** | could | impostors *= impostor* | professed admiration for a cloth *not said here* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer admiration=Stimulus | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Emperor and all his high officials ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:e1:o1:1 # text = The Emperor and all his high officials 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Emperor and his entire household ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:e1:o2:1 # text = The Emperor and his entire household 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Emperor, his ministers and the entire Court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:e1:o3:1 # text = The Emperor, his ministers and the entire Court 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Emperor, his ministers, the entire Court and even the crowd in the streets ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:e1:o4:1 # text = The Emperor, his ministers, the entire Court and even the crowd in the streets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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