--- title: Mate, did the lions actually try to lick Ulysses, or was that just a… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, did the lions actually try to lick Ulysses, or was that just a cheeky bit? Test 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 dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2067-pg976-part26/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits… Mate, did the lions actually try to lick Ulysses, or was that just a cheeky bit? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, lions · **What happens:** do, try, lick, be · **To what, where:** Ulysses, cheeky bit This is test 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. 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/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t1:1 # text = Mate, did the lions actually try to lick Ulysses, or was that just a cheeky bit? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 actually actually ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 Ulysses Ulysses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 cheeky cheeky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Mate | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | present | the lions | | | | | actually *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **lick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lions *not said here* | Ulysses | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent ulysses=Source | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a cheeky bit | | | | | tree rules | 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} They bit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t1:o1:1 # text = They bit him 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They really tried to lick his feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t1:o2:1 # text = They really tried to lick his feet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | They | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | his feet | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent foot=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} They only pretended to lick his hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t1:o3:1 # text = They only pretended to lick his hands 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | past | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lick** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | his hands | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hand=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} They just wagged ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t1:o4:1 # text = They just wagged 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wagged wag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wag** | past | They | | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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