--- title: Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's beverage? Exam question 1 of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits… Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's beverage? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grounds · **What happens:** remain This is exam question 1 of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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/2067-pg976-part26/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e1:1 # text = Upon what grounds did Ulysses remain unaffected by the enchantress's beverage? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 unaffected unaffected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 beverage beverage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past · do-support | grounds | | | | | unaffected *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He had inhaled the fragrance of the snow-white flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e1:o1:1 # text = He had inhaled the fragrance of the snow-white flower 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 inhaled inhale VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inhale** | past · perfect | He | the fragrance of the white flower | | | | | vn exhale-40.1.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He had smelled the sweet white blossom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e1:o2:1 # text = He had smelled the sweet white blossom 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 smelled smell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 blossom blossom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | past · perfect | He | the sweet white blossom | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blossom=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had sipped the enchanted fountain water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e1:o3:1 # text = He had sipped the enchanted fountain water 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sipped sip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 6 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | past · perfect | He | the enchanted fountain water | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 2 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He had eaten the flower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:e1:o4:1 # text = He had eaten the flower 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | He | the flower | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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