Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes…

So is the puppet man actually happy now, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: puppet man · What happens: be

This is test 13 · ★ 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 happy	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 happy	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	puppet	puppet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happy	nsubj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 happy	advmod
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 happy	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	7 happy	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 happy	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the puppet man				now	actually, happy property	tree rules
2	be		the puppet man not said here						tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, his company never moans and he picks his pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 moans	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 moans	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 company	nmod:poss
4	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moans	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 moans	advmod
6	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 picks	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 picks	nsubj
9	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moans	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pieces	nmod:poss
11	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 picks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not moan	present	his company						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pick	present	company	company's pieces					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he's skint and his shows are naff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 skint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 skint	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 skint	cop
5	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 naff	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shows	nmod:poss
8	shows	show	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 naff	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 naff	cop
10	naff	naff	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skint	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	he		skint property	tree rules
2	is a	present	his shows	naff		tree rules
3	show		his = he			nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Nah, he's stuck running a dull theatre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 stuck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stuck	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stuck	cop
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stuck	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 theatre	det
8	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 theatre	amod
9	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 running	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					stuck property	tree rules
2	run	gerund	he not said here	a dull theatre					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme theatre=Trajectory

Option 4

Yeah, he's rich in Paris now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 rich	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rich	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rich	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Paris	case
7	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rich	obl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 rich	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			Paris	now	rich property	tree rules

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