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title: Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct dur… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct during the procession? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct during the procession?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, Emperor · **What happens:** characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e4:1
# text = Which phrase most accurately characterises the Emperor's conduct during the procession?
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	characterises	characteris	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	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which phrase | the Emperor's conduct |  |  | during the procession | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | the Emperor |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was proud.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e4:o1:1
# text = He was proud.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He maintained a vain appearance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e4:o2:1
# text = He maintained a vain appearance.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | past | He | a vain appearance |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sustained a display of vanity.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e4:o3:1
# text = He sustained a display of vanity.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	vanity	vanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past | He | a display of vanity |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent display=Theme |
| 2 | **display** |  |  | vanity |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He kept up a show of pride.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:e4:o4:1
# text = He kept up a show of pride.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep up** | past | He | a show of pride |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent show=Theme |
| 2 | **show** |  |  | pride |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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