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description: Which substance was administered to the narrator by the Emperor's physicians in order to induce unconsciousness? Exam question 1 of lesson 1487 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleeping giant is carried to the capital and chained in a temple» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 1 · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleep…

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Which substance was administered to the narrator by the Emperor's physicians in order to induce unconsciousness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** physicians · **What happens:** administer, induce · **To what, where:** substance, narrator, unconsciousness

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1487 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 74: a sleeping giant is carried to the capital and chained in a temple» 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/1487-pg503-part74/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:e1:1
# text = Which substance was administered to the narrator by the Emperor's physicians in order to induce unconsciousness?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	physicians	physician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	induce	induce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
17	unconsciousness	unconsciousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **administer** | past · passive | the Emperor's physicians in order | which substance | the narrator |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to narrator=Recipient |
| 2 | **induce** | to-infinitive | the Emperor's physicians in order *not said here* | unconsciousness |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unconsciousness=Patient |

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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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a healing tonic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:e1:o1:1
# text = a healing tonic
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	tonic	tonic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a potion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:e1:o2:1
# text = a potion
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a sleeping draught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:e1:o3:1
# text = a sleeping draught
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a bitter poison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1487-pg503-part74:e1:o4:1
# text = a bitter poison
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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