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title: no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for? Test 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Emperor's New Suit: a child sa…

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no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** do, want · **To what, where:** emperor, cloth

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t3:1
# text = no cap, what did the emperor want the cloth for?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | no cap | the emperor |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | present | no cap | the cloth |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cloth=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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To test which of his courtiers were fit to keep their posts and titles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t3:o1:1
# text = To test which of his courtiers were fit to keep their posts and titles
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	test	test	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fit	fit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	titles	title	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of his courtiers; fit *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | courtiers's posts and titles |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |

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

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To spot the stupid people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t3:o2:1
# text = To spot the stupid people
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spot	spot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | to-infinitive |  |  | the stupid people |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme people=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To impress his guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t3:o3:1
# text = To impress his guests
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	impress	impress	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impress** | to-infinitive |  | his guests |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To spot the stupid people in his court and city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:824-pg27200-part35:t3:o4:1
# text = To spot the stupid people in his court and city
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spot	spot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | to-infinitive |  |  | the stupid people |  |  | in his court and city | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Destination in court=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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