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title: Why'd the puppet bloke finish his show at eight, like? — Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the puppet bloke finish his show at eight, like? Test 4 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes…

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Why'd the puppet bloke finish his show at eight, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** puppet bloke, bloke · **What happens:** finish, show · **To what, where:** show, eight

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t4:1
# text = Why'd the puppet bloke finish his show at eight, like?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	puppet	puppet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | would | the puppet bloke | bloke's show |  | eight |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality show=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** |  | bloke |  |  |  |  |  | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Cos little kids gotta get to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t4:o1:1
# text = Cos little kids gotta get to bed
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	gotta	gotta	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | infinitive | little kids *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cos the lecturer told him to bounce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t4:o2:1
# text = Cos the lecturer told him to bounce
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lecturer	lecturer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | lecturer |  |  | cos the lecturer | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bounce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos the hall was booked for a rave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t4:o3:1
# text = Cos the hall was booked for a rave
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	booked	book	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rave	rave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **book** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | cos the hall; for a rave | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for rave=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cos the lights had gone off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t4:o4:1
# text = Cos the lights had gone off
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past · perfect | the lights |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

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