--- title: Lol, what was the silver flask for? — Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: t… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what was the silver flask for? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/691-pg2435-part31/t8/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/691-pg2435-part31/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri… Lol, what was the silver flask for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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/691-pg2435-part31/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:t8:1 # text = Lol, what was the silver flask for? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | for the silver flask | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It kills anyone it splashes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:t8:o1:1 # text = It kills anyone it splashes 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 splashes splash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | It | anyone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 2 | **splash** | present | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It kills anyone it splashes, but it can be used to kill beasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:t8:o2:1 # text = It kills anyone it splashes, but it can be used to kill beasts 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 splashes splash VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 14 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | present | It | anyone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 2 | **splash** | present | it | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **use** | can · passive | | it | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | beasts | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To drink ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:t8:o3:1 # text = To drink 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 drink drink VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It wakes anyone it touches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:691-pg2435-part31:t8:o4:1 # text = It wakes anyone it touches 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wakes wake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 touches touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wake** | present | It | anyone | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | | 2 | **touch** | present | it | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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