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title: So what was Kisa, really, deep down? — Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa res… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what was Kisa, really, deep down? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from…

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So what was Kisa, really, deep down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kisa · **What happens:** be, deep down · **To what, where:** Kisa

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1245 «Gutenberg 3282, Kisa the Cat, Kisa rescues Ingibjorg from the giant and claims her reward» 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/1245-pg3282-part46/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:t8:1
# text = So what was Kisa, really, deep down?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Kisa	Kisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	deep	deep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Kisa |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deep down** | infinitive | Kisa |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A princess who was enchanted with her mum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:t8:o1:1
# text = A princess who was enchanted with her mum
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | princess's mum | a princess |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cursed human girl whose mum had been turned into a cat by the king's guard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:t8:o2:1
# text = A cursed human girl whose mum had been turned into a cat by the king's guard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | the king's guard | a cursed human girl |  |  |  | into a cat *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into cat=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A girl who was cursed by a witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:t8:o3:1
# text = A girl who was cursed by a witch
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · passive | a witch | a girl |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fairy who was cursed by a king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1245-pg3282-part46:t8:o4:1
# text = A fairy who was cursed by a king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past · passive | a king | a fairy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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