Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes…

So how'd the puppet man sort the chaos out in the end?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: puppet man · What happens: sort out · To what, where: chaos, end

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 955 «Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes his dolls alive and learns to be content» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	7 sort	advmod
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 sort	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 sort	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	puppet	puppet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sort	nsubj
7	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chaos	det
9	chaos	chaos	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sort	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	7 sort	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sort	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort out	infinitive	the puppet man	the chaos			in the end		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent chaos=Theme in end=Goal

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

Option 1

He handed them over to the lecturer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	2 handed	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 lecturer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lecturer	det
7	lecturer	lecturer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	He	them = they	the lecturer				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to lecturer=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He chucked them all back in the box and sat on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 back	advmod
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 chucked	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 box	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sat	cc
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chucked	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	them = they		the box			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in box=Destination
2	sit	past	He not said here			box			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on it=Location

Option 3

He burned the lot in the fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burned	nsubj
2	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lot	det
4	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	past	He	the lot		the fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme

Option 4

He sold them at the market for quid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sold	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 quid	case
8	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 market	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	He	them = they		the market for quid			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at market=Asset

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