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title: What circumstance indicated to Medea that her preparation was effect… — A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: What circumstance indicated to Medea that her preparation was effective? Exam question 3 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, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

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What circumstance indicated to Medea that her preparation was effective?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** preparation, her · **What happens:** indicate, be, prepare · **To what, where:** circumstance, Medea

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This is exam question 3 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, 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/2045-pg976-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:e3:1
# text = What circumstance indicated to Medea that her preparation was effective?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Medea	medea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	effective	effective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | participle |  | what circumstance *not said here* |  |  |  | to Medea | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to medea=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | her preparation | Medea *not said here* |  |  |  | effective *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **prepare** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom preparation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The king's servant tasted the wine and fell to the floor before anyone else could drink it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = The king's servant tasted the wine and fell to the floor before anyone else could drink it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	17	nsubj	_	_
15	else	else	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | the king's servant | the wine |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme wine=Attribute |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the king's servant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the floor | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to floor=Theme |
| 3 | **drink** | could | anyone | wine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The fly fell dead into the goblet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = The fly fell dead into the goblet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fly	fly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goblet	goblet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the fly |  |  |  |  | into the goblet *result*; dead *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into goblet=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wine turned sour and bitter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = The wine turned sour and bitter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | the wine |  |  |  |  | sour *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cup cracked in two pieces

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = The cup cracked in two pieces
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | participle |  | the cup *not said here* |  | two pieces |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Location |

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