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title: Was the wine like proper fizzy pop or just dodgy water? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the wine like proper fizzy pop or just dodgy water? Test 6 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 6 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…

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Was the wine like proper fizzy pop or just dodgy water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** wine

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t6:1
# text = Was the wine like proper fizzy pop or just dodgy water?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the wine |  |  |  | like proper fizzy pop or dodgy water | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sparkly gold drink that made the nymphs dance around the hall all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t6:o1:1
# text = Sparkly gold drink that made the nymphs dance around the hall all night long
1	Sparkly	sparkly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Sparkly gold drink |  |  | the hall | night | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **dance** | present | the nymphs |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fizzy gold drink with a bit of a kick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t6:o2:1
# text = Fizzy gold drink with a bit of a kick
1	Fizzy	fizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kick	kick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t6:o3:1
# text = Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it
1	Bubbly	bubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it and a bit of a sting

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t6:o4:1
# text = Bubbly gold stuff with loads of mischief in it and a bit of a sting
1	Bubbly	bubbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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