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title: What is the principal consequence of the child's remark? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal consequence of the child's remark? Exam question 3 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; Mova's choice was 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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What is the principal consequence of the child's remark?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** be, remark · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e3:1
# text = What is the principal consequence of the child's remark?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of the child's remark | tree rules |
| 2 | **remark** |  | the child |  |  |  |  |  | nom remark «communication 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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The collective pretence is exposed, and the emperor realises his procession was a complete farce.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = The collective pretence is exposed, and the emperor realises his procession was a complete farce.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	collective	collective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pretence	pretence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	realises	realise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	farce	farce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expose** | present · passive |  | the collective pretence |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **realise** | present | the emperor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | emperor's procession | a complete farce |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **proceed** |  | emperor |  |  |  |  |  | nom procession «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The collective pretence is exposed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = The collective pretence is exposed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	collective	collective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pretence	pretence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	exposed	expose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expose** | present · passive |  | the collective pretence |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The emperor is forced to admit his error and the swindlers flee the city in fear immediately.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = The emperor is forced to admit his error and the swindlers flee the city in fear immediately.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swindlers	swindler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	flee	flee	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | present · passive |  | the emperor |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the emperor *not said here* | his error |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Theme |
| 3 | **flee** | present | the swindlers | the city |  | fear |  | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **err** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom error «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The crowd finally laughs at him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = The crowd finally laughs at him.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | the crowd |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; finally *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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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