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title: so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time? Test 12 · ★ 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 righ
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** emperor · **What happens:** stare

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t12:1
# text = so the emperor just stared in the mirror the whole time?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past | the emperor |  |  |  | time | in the mirror | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mirror=Theme |

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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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He checked his reflection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t12:o1:1
# text = He checked his reflection
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	checked	check	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | past | He | his reflection |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reflection=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He admired his own face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t12:o2:1
# text = He admired his own face
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	admired	admire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admire** | past | He | his own face |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He turned slowly to check himself in the large mirror in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t12:o3:1
# text = He turned slowly to check himself in the large mirror in the hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | He |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  | the large mirror in the hall |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He turned to check himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t12:o4:1
# text = He turned to check himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

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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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