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title: So what's the deal with that white flower, is it some kind of magic… — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what's the deal with that white flower, is it some kind of magic weed? Test 7 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…

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So what's the deal with that white flower, is it some kind of magic weed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kind, deal · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal, kind

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t7:1
# text = So what's the deal with that white flower, is it some kind of magic weed?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	weed	weed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | some kind | the deal |  |  |  | with that white flower | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the deal | some kind |  |  |  | of magic weed | 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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It was a magic herb he chewed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t7:o1:1
# text = It was a magic herb he chewed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chewed	chew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a magic herb |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | past | he | a magic herb *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sniffed it all day long and it made him dizzy and sleepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t7:o2:1
# text = He sniffed it all day long and it made him dizzy and sleepy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | past | He | it |  |  | day | long *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | dizzy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He sniffed it to stay sober

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t7:o3:1
# text = He sniffed it to stay sober
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	sober	sober	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sober *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ulysses sniffed it to keep himself himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t7:o4:1
# text = Ulysses sniffed it to keep himself himself
1	Ulysses	Ulysses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | past | Ulysses | it |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Ulysses *not said here* | Ulysses |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme himself=Attribute |

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