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title: Which phrase most accurately describes the courtiers' reaction to th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase most accurately describes the courtiers' reaction to the Emperor's new garments? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Clothes, part 1:…

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Which phrase most accurately describes the courtiers' reaction to the Emperor's new garments?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, courtiers · **What happens:** describe, react · **To what, where:** reaction

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e4:1
# text = Which phrase most accurately describes the courtiers' reaction to the Emperor's new garments?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the courtiers's reaction |  |  |  | to the Emperor's new garments; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent reaction=Theme to garment=be' |
| 2 | **react** |  | the courtiers |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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open disapproval

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e4:o1:1
# text = open disapproval
1	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	disapproval	disapproval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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unanimous feigned admiration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e4:o2:1
# text = unanimous feigned admiration
1	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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genuine and open praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e4:o3:1
# text = genuine and open praise
1	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a unanimous and sincere display of genuine admiration for the cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:274-pg1597-part1:e4:o4:1
# text = a unanimous and sincere display of genuine admiration for the cloth
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	admiration	admiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** |  |  | genuine admiration for the cloth |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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