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title: A cartoon shows the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said h… — Honest with yourself: admitting you we… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said he had no clothes. What is wrong? Test 3 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 option
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# Test 3 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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A cartoon shows the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said he had no clothes. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, crowd, child · **What happens:** show, laugh, say, have, be · **To what, where:** crowd, clothes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said he had no clothes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows the emperor's crowd laughing at the child who said he had no clothes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | the emperor's crowd |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crowd=Recipient |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | the emperor's crowd *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the child | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | past | cartoon | no clothes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	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** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The emperor really was wearing clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:o1:1
# text = The emperor really was wearing clothes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · progressive | the emperor | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The crowd were right to agree with the emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:o2:1
# text = The crowd were right to agree with the emperor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the emperor | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with emperor=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The child said the obvious truth everyone else was too scared to say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:o3:1
# text = The child said the obvious truth everyone else was too scared to say
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	obvious	obvious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the child |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; the child was being rude and wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:t3:o4:1
# text = Nothing; the child was being rude and wrong
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the child |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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