--- title: Wait, did Blacky put the lid on the kettle early? — Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, did Blacky put the lid on the kettle early? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1887-pg7277-part24/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/) / [Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1887-pg7277-part24/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded… Wait, did Blacky put the lid on the kettle early? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Blacky · **What happens:** wait, put · **To what, where:** lid, kettle This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1887 «Fairy Book, Blacky, Browny and Whitey: the fox is scalded in the kettle» 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/1887-pg7277-part24/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t10:1 # text = Wait, did Blacky put the lid on the kettle early? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Blacky Blacky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past · do-support | Blacky | the lid | | the kettle | | early *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme on kettle=Destination | 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} No, he waited ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t10:o1:1 # text = No, he waited 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, he hurried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, he hurried 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurry** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he fled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t10:o3:1 # text = No, he fled 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Yes, he put it on before the fox came near ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1887-pg7277-part24:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, he put it on before the fox came near 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 near near ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put on** | past | he | it | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 2 | **come** | past | the fox | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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