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title: bro what could kill you just by touching it with your lips? — A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro what could kill you just by touching it with your lips? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 5 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Minotaur, part 4: Medea's poisoned wine…

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bro what could kill you just by touching it with your lips?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** kill, touch · **To what, where:** you, bro

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This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t5:1
# text = bro what could kill you just by touching it with your lips?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | could | bro | you |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund | bro *not said here* | bro |  |  |  | with your lips | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with lip=Instrument |

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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 sharp blade dipped in deadly venom from snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t5:o1:1
# text = a sharp blade dipped in deadly venom from snakes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	dipped	dip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | participle |  | a sharp blade *not said here* |  | deadly venom |  | from snakes | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from snake=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a cup of wine laced with a bitter herb from the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t5:o2:1
# text = a cup of wine laced with a bitter herb from the north
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	laced	lace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lace** | participle |  | a cup of wine *not said here* |  |  |  | with a bitter herb from the north | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a poison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t5:o3:1
# text = a poison
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2045-pg976-part4:t5:o4:1
# text = a salt
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	salt	salt	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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