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title: what's quicksilver anyway, like is it just liquid mega metal? — Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the fr… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's quicksilver anyway, like is it just liquid mega metal? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

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what's quicksilver anyway, like is it just liquid mega metal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** quicksilver · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** quicksilver

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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/1181-pg3027-part47/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t9:1
# text = what's quicksilver anyway, like is it just liquid mega metal?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	expl	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	mega	megapixel	ADV	AFX	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | quicksilver |  |  |  | anyway *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | quicksilver |  |  |  |  | liquid, megapixel *property* | tree rules |

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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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Yeah, it's a sort of glowing magic water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it's a sort of glowing magic water
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a sort |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund | a sort *not said here* | magic water |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, it's a type of wooden tree bark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, it's a type of wooden tree bark
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a type |  |  |  | of wooden tree bark | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it's a liquid metal that looks like silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it's a liquid metal that looks like silver
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	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	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a liquid metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a liquid metal |  |  |  |  | like silver | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, it's a heavy liquid metal that looks like silver and it flows over the lake in the crystal palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1181-pg3027-part47:t9:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it's a heavy liquid metal that looks like silver and it flows over the lake in the crystal palace
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a heavy liquid metal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a heavy liquid metal |  |  |  |  | like silver | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **flow** | present | silver |  |  | the lake |  | in the crystal palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over lake=Location |

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