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title: What did the minister's fear of appearing incompetent ultimately ind… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the minister's fear of appearing incompetent ultimately induce him to do? Exam question 3 of lesson 274 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1: a vain Emperor is fooled by two cheating weavers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:…

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What did the minister's fear of appearing incompetent ultimately induce him to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fear, minister · **What happens:** do, appear, induce, fear · **To what, where:** fear, him

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 274 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1: a vain Emperor is fooled by two cheating weavers» 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/274-pg1597-part1/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e3:1
# text = What did the minister's fear of appearing incompetent ultimately induce him to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	incompetent	incompetent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	induce	induce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the minister's fear |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **appear** | gerund | the minister's fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | incompetent *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **induce** | present |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **fear** |  | the minister |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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to praise the nonexistent cloth and urge the Emperor to wear it at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = to praise the nonexistent cloth and urge the Emperor to wear it at once
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	praise	praise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nonexistent	nonexistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	urge	urge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the nonexistent cloth |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |
| 2 | **urge** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Emperor |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | cloth |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to tell the Emperor the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = to tell the Emperor the truth
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | the truth | the Emperor |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Recipient truth=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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to praise the nonexistent cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = to praise the nonexistent cloth
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nonexistent	nonexistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | to-infinitive |  | the nonexistent cloth |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to order a fresh inquiry at court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = to order a fresh inquiry at court
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	order	order	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | to-infinitive |  | a fresh inquiry |  | court |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent inquiry=Theme at court=Asset |

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