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title: Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment? Exam question 1 of lesson 824 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe · **To what, where:** attitude

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 824 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child says the truth» 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/824-pg27200-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the attitude of the courtiers toward the imperial garment |  |  |  | of the best | 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}

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They loudly affirmed its excellence while secretly perceiving absolutely nothing whatsoever at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = They loudly affirmed its excellence while secretly perceiving absolutely nothing whatsoever at all.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	affirmed	affirm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	excellence	excellence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affirm** | past | They | its excellence |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund | They *not said here* | nothing |  | all |  | secretly, whatsoever *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They praised it while seeing nothing at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = They praised it while seeing nothing at all.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | gerund | They *not said here* | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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

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They affirmed its excellence while perceiving nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = They affirmed its excellence while perceiving nothing.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	affirmed	affirm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	excellence	excellence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affirm** | past | They | its excellence |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund | They *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The courtiers openly affirmed the garment's excellence, though each privately perceived nothing and feared exposure.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = The courtiers openly affirmed the garment's excellence, though each privately perceived nothing and feared exposure.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	affirmed	affirm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	excellence	excellence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
12	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
17	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affirm** | past | the courtiers | the garment's excellence |  |  |  | openly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer excellence=Stimulus |
| 2 | **perceive** | past | each | nothing |  |  |  | privately *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
| 3 | **fear** | past | each *not said here* | exposure |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer exposure=Stimulus |

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