Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes…

Dude, what did the puppet man actually wish for?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: man · To what, where: wish

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 man	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 man	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 man	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	puppet	puppet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dude	appos
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 wish	advmod
9	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 man	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	9 wish	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Dude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	man	past · do-support	Dude	wish					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

To sail off on a big ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sail	mark
2	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 sail	compound:prt
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 ship	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ship	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ship	amod
7	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sail	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail off	to-infinitive				a big ship			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To marry some minted widow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 marry	mark
2	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 widow	det
4	minted	mint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 widow	amod
5	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	to-infinitive		some minted widow					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent widow=Patient
2	mint	participle							tree rules

Option 3

To get a massive mansion by the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mansion	det
4	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mansion	amod
5	mansion	mansion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive		a massive mansion				by the sea	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mansion=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To make his dolls come alive as actors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dolls	nmod:poss
4	dolls	doll	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 make	ccomp
6	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 come	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 actors	case
8	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	come	present	his dolls					as actors; alive property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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