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description: With reference to the text, state by what means Art avoids the poison offered to him at the palace. Exam question 1 of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

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With reference to the text, state by what means Art avoids the poison offered to him at the palace.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** state, poison · **What happens:** mean, avoid, offer · **To what, where:** Art, palace

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1066-pg2892-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e1:1
# text = With reference to the text, state by what means Art avoids the poison offered to him at the palace.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl	_	_
11	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | state | Art |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Topic |
| 2 | **avoid** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **offer** | past | the poison |  | Art | the palace |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal |

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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}

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He pours the cups out on the floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = He pours the cups out on the floor.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour out** | present | He | the cups |  | the floor |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He is warned by Crede' and drinks only from the right-hand cup, which the witch had not poisoned at all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = He is warned by Crede' and drinks only from the right-hand cup, which the witch had not poisoned at all.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Crede	Crede	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present · passive | Crede | He |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **drink** | present | Crede *not said here* | the hand cup |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **poison** | past · perfect · passive |  | the witch |  | all |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient which=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He drinks only from the right-hand cup.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = He drinks only from the right-hand cup.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | He | the hand cup |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He swaps the cups before he drinks them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = He swaps the cups before he drinks them.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swaps	swap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | present | He | the cups |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme |
| 2 | **drink** | present | he | cups *= cup* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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