--- title: Ngl, did the puppet man end up loving being a director? — Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman:… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, did the puppet man end up loving being a director? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Puppet-Showman: a puppet-man wishes… Ngl, did the puppet man end up loving being a director? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, puppet man · **What happens:** do, end up, love, be · **To what, where:** director This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t9:1 # text = Ngl, did the puppet man end up loving being a director? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 puppet puppet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 loving love VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 director director NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **end up** | present | the puppet man | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | gerund | the puppet man *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | gerund | | a director | | | | | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yeah, he was off to be a prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he was off to be a prince 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a prince | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he was buzzing and proud all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t9:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he was buzzing and proud all day 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 buzzing buzz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | he | | | | day | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nah, he was miserable as anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t9:o3:1 # text = Nah, he was miserable as anything 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | as anything; miserable *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yeah, he was chill and got loads of sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:955-pg27200-part166:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he was chill and got loads of sleep 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 loads load NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | chill *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | loads of sleep | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | **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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