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title: Wait, is the kettle cursed or what? — Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, is the kettle cursed or what? Test 9 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, is the kettle cursed or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, curse · **To what, where:** kettle

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t9:1
# text = Wait, is the kettle cursed or what?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is a** | present |  | the kettle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **curse** | participle |  | the kettle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
yes, it is a haunted kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t9:o1:1
# text = yes, it is a haunted kettle
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a haunted kettle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is a wonder-working magic kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t9:o2:1
# text = it is a wonder-working magic kettle
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | magic kettle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is not cursed at all, just a very old kettle that was found in the corner of a dusty room

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t9:o3:1
# text = it is not cursed at all, just a very old kettle that was found in the corner of a dusty room
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **curse** | present · passive |  | it |  | all |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | past · passive |  | a old kettle |  | the corner of a dusty room |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it is a cursed haunted kettle now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:t9:o4:1
# text = it is a cursed haunted kettle now
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	haunted	haunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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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 | **haunt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | a cursed haunted kettle |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

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