Test 5 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

bro what could kill you just by touching it with your lips?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro · What happens: kill, touch · To what, where: you, bro

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2045 «A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine nearly kills Theseus before his father recognizes him» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kill	nsubj
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 kill	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kill	aux
4	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 kill	obj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 touching	advmod
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	8 touching	mark
8	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 kill	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touching	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 lips	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 lips	nmod:poss
12	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 touching	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	could	bro	you					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	touch	gerund	bro not said here	bro				with your lips	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with lip=Instrument

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

Option 1

a sharp blade dipped in deadly venom from snakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 blade	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blade	amod
3	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dipped	dip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 blade	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 venom	case
6	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 venom	amod
7	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dipped	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 snakes	case
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	participle		a sharp blade not said here		deadly venom		from snakes	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from snake=Location

Option 2

a cup of wine laced with a bitter herb from the north

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cup	det
2	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wine	case
4	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cup	nmod
5	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cup	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 herb	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 herb	det
8	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 herb	amod
9	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laced	obl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 north	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 north	det
12	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 herb	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lace	participle		a cup of wine not said here				with a bitter herb from the north	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

a poison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 poison	det
2	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 salt	det
2	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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