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title: Identify the object which Quicksilver bestows upon Ulysses as protec… — Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which Quicksilver bestows upon Ulysses as protection against enchantment. Exam question 3 of lesson 2066 «Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone to the palace and Quicksilver gives him a magic flower» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 3 · Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone t…

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Identify the object which Quicksilver bestows upon Ulysses as protection against enchantment.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object · **What happens:** identify, bestow · **To what, where:** object

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2066 «Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone to the palace and Quicksilver gives him a magic flower» 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/2066-pg976-part25/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:e3:1
# text = Identify the object which Quicksilver bestows upon Ulysses as protection against enchantment.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Quicksilver	quicksilver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bestows	bestow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **bestow** | present | the object |  |  |  |  | upon Ulysses; as protection against enchantment | 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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A rare snow-white flower with a black root and golden petals.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = A rare snow-white flower with a black root and golden petals.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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A rare snow-white flower.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = A rare snow-white flower.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A magic white flower root.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = A magic white flower root.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A white lily from the hills.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:e3:o4:1
# text = A white lily from the hills.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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