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description: Identify the principal lesson of Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes". Exam question 2 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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Identify the principal lesson of Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes".

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Christian Andersen · **What happens:** identify, tell · **To what, where:** principal lesson · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal lesson of Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	_	8	flat	_	_
8	Andersen	Andersen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Clothes	Clothe	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal lesson of Christian Andersen's tale |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lesson=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** |  | Christian Andersen |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: 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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Invisible garments are the most valuable of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e2:o1:1
# text = Invisible garments are the most valuable of all
1	Invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Invisible garments |  |  |  |  | of all; valuable *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fear of appearing foolish may induce an entire community to pretend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e2:o2:1
# text = The fear of appearing foolish may induce an entire community to pretend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | gerund | the fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  | foolish *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **induce** | may | the fear | a entire community |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent community=Patient |
| 3 | **pretend** | to-infinitive | the fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tailors are invariably honest in their dealings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e2:o3:1
# text = Tailors are invariably honest in their dealings
1	Tailors	tailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dealings	dealing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tailors |  |  | Tailors's dealings |  | honest, invariably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deal** |  | Tailors *= tailor* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Children ought never to speak in the presence of rulers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e2:o4:1
# text = Children ought never to speak in the presence of rulers
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | ought | Children |  |  | the presence of rulers |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «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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