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title: "Henry VIII was a fat slob his whole life, look at the pictures" Wha… — Kings, queens and emperors · tree and pragmatics
description: "Henry VIII was a fat slob his whole life, look at the pictures" What do the pictures miss? Test 5 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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 5 · Kings, queens and emperors

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"Henry VIII was a fat slob his whole life, look at the pictures" What do the pictures miss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Henry, pictures · **What happens:** be, look, miss · **To what, where:** fat slob

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This is test 5 of lesson 19 «Kings, queens and emperors» of the myths 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/myths/19-kings-queens-and-emperors/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t5:1
# text = "Henry VIII was a fat slob his whole life, look at the pictures" What do the pictures miss?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	slob	slob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
17	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
21	miss	miss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Henry | a fat slob |  |  |  | Henry's whole life *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | at the pictures | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme |
| 3 | **miss** | present · do-support | the pictures |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The painters made him look thinner than he really was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t5:o1:1
# text = The painters made him look thinner than he really was
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painters	painter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the painters | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **be** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was fat because he was ill from birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t5:o2:1
# text = He was fat because he was ill from birth
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	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | fat *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | he |  |  | birth |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pictures are of a different king called Henry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t5:o3:1
# text = The pictures are of a different king called Henry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pictures |  |  |  |  | of a different king | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | a different king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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As a young king he was tall, strong and good at sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:19-kings-queens-and-emperors:t5:o4:1
# text = As a young king he was tall, strong and good at sport
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | king |  |  | sport |  | as a young king; tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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