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title: Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swin… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swindlers? Exam question 2 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 question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swindlers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** basis · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Emperor commission, swindlers

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e2:1
# text = Upon what basis did the Emperor commission the textile from the swindlers?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	textile	textile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	swindlers	swindler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | basis | the Emperor commission |  | the swindlers |  | the textile *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commission=Eventuality |

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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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Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent and the unfit among his subjects and officials.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e2:o1:1
# text = Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent and the unfit among his subjects and officials.
1	Belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	incompetent	incompetent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	unfit	unfit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
12	among	among	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | to-infinitive |  | the incompetent |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Confidence in its power to unmask the unfit.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e2:o2:1
# text = Confidence in its power to unmask the unfit.
1	Confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	unmask	unmask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	unfit	unfit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unmask** | to-infinitive |  | the unfit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e2:o3:1
# text = Belief in its power to reveal the incompetent.
1	Belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	incompetent	incompetent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | to-infinitive |  | the incompetent |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Belief in the swindlers' claims that the cloth was magical and could reveal the incompetent to all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e2:o4:1
# text = Belief in the swindlers' claims that the cloth was magical and could reveal the incompetent to all.
1	Belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	swindlers	swindler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	incompetent	incompetent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the cloth | the swindlers's claims *not said here* |  |  |  | magical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reveal** | could | the cloth *not said here* | the incompetent | all |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent incompetent=Topic to all=Recipient |
| 3 | **claim** |  | the swindlers |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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