--- title: So how'd the puppet man sort the chaos out in the end? — Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman:… · tree and pragmatics description: So how'd the puppet man sort the chaos out in the end? 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/955-pg27200-part166/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/955-pg27200-part166/) / t10 # 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/955-pg27200-part166/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t10:1 # text = So how'd the puppet man sort the chaos out in the end? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 puppet puppet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 chaos chaos NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He handed them over to the lecturer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t10:o1:1 # text = He handed them over to the lecturer 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 over over ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lecturer lecturer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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 {#o2} He chucked them all back in the box and sat on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t10:o2:1 # text = He chucked them all back in the box and sat on it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 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 {#o3} He burned the lot in the fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t10:o3:1 # text = He burned the lot in the fire 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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 {#o4} He sold them at the market for quid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t10:o4:1 # text = He sold them at the market for quid 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 quid quid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 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 | **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. 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