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title: lol, what was the kettle doing? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, what was the kettle doing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 2…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol, what was the kettle doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 990 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 201: the elves' glittering maypole and feast, the violet staff and noisy kitchen, then the second mouse sets out to become a poet» 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/990-pg27200-part201/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t10:1
# text = lol, what was the kettle doing?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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it was singing a song to the bells, lowkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t10:o1:1
# text = it was singing a song to the bells, lowkey
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | it | a song | the bells and lowkey |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to bell=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t10:o2:1
# text = tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping
1	tryna	tryna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	figure	figure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping while the elves danced all around it

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t10:o3:1
# text = tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping while the elves danced all around it
1	tryna	tryna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	figure	figure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	elves	elf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	all	all	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	around	around	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **dance** | past | the elves |  |  | it |  | all *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping, then it started whistling super loud

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:990-pg27200-part201:t10:o4:1
# text = tryna figure out if it was boiling or stopping, then it started whistling super loud
1	tryna	tryna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	dep	_	_
2	figure	figure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
15	super	super	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **start** | past | it |  |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **whistle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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