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title: deadass, what does the flower do? — Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25:… · tree and pragmatics
description: deadass, what does the flower do? Test 7 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 7 · ★ · Wonder Book, Circe's Palace, part 25: Ulysses goes alone t…

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deadass, what does the flower do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flower · **What happens:** do

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:t7:1
# text = deadass, what does the flower do?
1	deadass	deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | the flower |  |  |  |  | deadass *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox when Circe casts her spell on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:t7:o1:1
# text = keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox when Circe casts her spell on him
1	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Circe	Circe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	casts	cast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | Ulysses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ulysses=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a fox *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fox=Result |
| 3 | **cast** | present | Circe | Circe's spell |  |  |  | on fox | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination |
| 4 | **spell** |  | Circe |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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stops Ulysses from becoming a fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:t7:o2:1
# text = stops Ulysses from becoming a fox
1	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present |  | Ulysses |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ulysses=Eventuality |
| 2 | **become** | gerund |  | a fox |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient fox=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox, and it also protects his men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:t7:o3:1
# text = keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox, and it also protects his men
1	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | Ulysses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ulysses=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a fox *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fox=Result |
| 3 | **protect** | present | fox |  | Ulysses's men |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2066-pg976-part25:t7:o4:1
# text = keeps Ulysses from turning into a fox
1	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | Ulysses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ulysses=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | into a fox *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fox=Result |

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