--- title: Bruh, why did the old man even keep that rusty kettle, was it lowkey… — Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruh, why did the old man even keep that rusty kettle, was it lowkey sus? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/724-pg2435-part64/t1/) [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/) / [Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/724-pg2435-part64/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a… Bruh, why did the old man even keep that rusty kettle, was it lowkey sus? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kettle · **What happens:** keep, be · **To what, where:** rusty kettle, lowkey sus This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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/724-pg2435-part64/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t1:1 # text = Bruh, why did the old man even keep that rusty kettle, was it lowkey sus? 1 Bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 11 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 lowkey lowkey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 sus sus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | | that rusty kettle | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | kettle | lowkey sus | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} he thought it was useful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t1:o1:1 # text = he thought it was useful 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he wanted a spare one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t1:o2:1 # text = he wanted a spare one 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 spare spare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | a spare one | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} it looked kind of cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t1:o3:1 # text = it looked kind of cool 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | it | kind of cool | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kind=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was a collector who loved old rusty things and wanted the whole set ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t1:o4:1 # text = he was a collector who loved old rusty things and wanted the whole set 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 collector collector NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | a collector | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** | past | a collector | old rusty things | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 3 | **want** | past | a collector *not said here* | the whole set | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot set=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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