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title: So what's the vibe with the Emperor's mates, were they sus? — Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New C… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what's the vibe with the Emperor's mates, were they sus? Test 3 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 3 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So what's the vibe with the Emperor's mates, were they sus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sus, vibe · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** vibe, sus

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t3:1
# text = So what's the vibe with the Emperor's mates, were they sus?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sus	sus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | sus | the vibe |  |  |  | with the Emperor's mates | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the vibe | sus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They just copied him and praised everything, total yes-men through and through

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t3:o1:1
# text = They just copied him and praised everything, total yes-men through and through
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
10	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
13	through	through	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	through	through	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  | through *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **praise** | past | They *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They just copied him and praised everything, and they were proper loyal to the Emperor, no doubt

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t3:o2:1
# text = They just copied him and praised everything, and they were proper loyal to the Emperor, no doubt
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  | no doubt *obl* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** | past | They *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to the Emperor; loyal, properly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They just copied him, total yes-men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t3:o3:1
# text = They just copied him, total yes-men
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
7	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were proper loyal, no doubt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1683-pg640-part7:t3:o4:1
# text = They were proper loyal, no doubt
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | no doubt *obl*; loyal, properly *property* | tree rules |

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**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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