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description: Upon what part of the sleeping man did the poisoned spirits of the jasmine inflict their wounds? Exam question 1 of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the…

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Upon what part of the sleeping man did the poisoned spirits of the jasmine inflict their wounds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poisoned spirits, spirits · **What happens:** do, poison, inflict, wound · **To what, where:** wounds

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 822 «Andersen, The Flower Vase and The Elfin Hill, part 33: the wicked brother dies, the bees punish him, and the elves prepare a grand feast» 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/822-pg27200-part33/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e1:1
# text = Upon what part of the sleeping man did the poisoned spirits of the jasmine inflict their wounds?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	jasmine	jasmine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	inflict	inflict	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon what part of the sleeping man | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **poison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **inflict** | present | the poisoned spirits of the jasmine | spirits's wounds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **wound** |  | spirits *= spirit* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Upon the forehead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e1:o1:1
# text = Upon the forehead
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e1:o2:1
# text = Hands
1	Hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e1:o3:1
# text = The ear
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upon the tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:822-pg27200-part33:e1:o4:1
# text = Upon the tongue
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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