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title: Mate, how did Art not die from the poison cup? — Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did Art not die from the poison cup? Test 4 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 4 · ★ · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

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Mate, how did Art not die from the poison cup?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** not die · **To what, where:** poison cup

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This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t4:1
# text = Mate, how did Art not die from the poison cup?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	die	die	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past · do-support |  |  |  | the poison cup |  | Mate *vocative* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from cup=Causer |

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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 drank from the left one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t4:o1:1
# text = He drank from the left one
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past | He |  |  |  |  | from the left one | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from one=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He tipped the poison out first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t4:o2:1
# text = He tipped the poison out first
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip out** | past | He | the poison |  |  |  | first *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had been warned by the hags and only drank from the cup they had blessed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t4:o3:1
# text = He had been warned by the hags and only drank from the cup they had blessed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hags	hag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	blessed	bless	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect · passive | the hags | He |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **drink** | past | the hags *not said here* |  |  | the cup |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from cup=Source |
| 3 | **bless** | past · perfect · passive | the cup *not said here* | hags *= hag* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He picked the right-hand one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t4:o4:1
# text = He picked the right-hand one
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | He | the hand one |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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