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title: what's the scissors thing, is it a magic gadget or just rubbish? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear,… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the scissors thing, is it a magic gadget or just rubbish? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 10 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the scissors thing, is it a magic gadget or just rubbish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** magic gadget, thing · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** scissors thing, magic gadget

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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/1296-pg3454-part21/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t10:1
# text = what's the scissors thing, is it a magic gadget or just rubbish?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	scissors	scissors	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	gadget	gadget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a magic gadget or rubbish | the scissors thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | thing | a magic gadget or rubbish |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
magic, anything it snips is silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t10:o1:1
# text = magic, anything it snips is silver
1	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	snips	snip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snip** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP.instrument V ADVP»: agent=Instrument |
| 2 | **is a** | present | anything | silver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
magic, anything it cuts turns to silk but only at midnight under the moon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t10:o2:1
# text = magic, anything it cuts turns to silk but only at midnight under the moon
1	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | anything | turns |  | the moon |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material turn=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
magic, anything it cuts turns to silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t10:o3:1
# text = magic, anything it cuts turns to silk
1	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | anything | turns |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material turn=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a magic gadget that can cut through stone and turn any wood into silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t10:o4:1
# text = a magic gadget that can cut through stone and turn any wood into silk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gadget	gadget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | can | a magic gadget |  |  |  |  | through stone | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through stone=Patient |
| 2 | **turn** | infinitive | a magic gadget *not said here* | any wood |  | silk |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent wood=Theme into silk=Trajectory |

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