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title: Which party severed the head of the ogre Stalo from his body? — Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Sta… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which party severed the head of the ogre Stalo from his body? Exam question 1 of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 1 · Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto…

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Which party severed the head of the ogre Stalo from his body?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** party · **What happens:** sever · **To what, where:** head, body

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1193 «Lapland Fairy Tales, Patto and the Stalos, part 59: Patto kills Stalo and the Sodnos rescue Lyma» 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/1193-pg3027-part59/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:e1:1
# text = Which party severed the head of the ogre Stalo from his body?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	severed	sever	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	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | past | which party | the head of the ogre |  | party's body |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Theme from body=Initial\_Location |

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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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Patto, the captive who had been bound and hidden behind the door, who struck once with a heavy axe

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:e1:o1:1
# text = Patto, the captive who had been bound and hidden behind the door, who struck once with a heavy axe
1	Patto	Patto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	captive	captive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	advmod	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · perfect · passive |  | the captive |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the door |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |
| 3 | **strike** | past | Patto |  |  |  |  | with a heavy axe; once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with axe=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Patto, the captive, who struck with an axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:e1:o2:1
# text = Patto, the captive, who struck with an axe
1	Patto	Patto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | Patto |  |  |  |  | with a axe | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with axe=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The eldest Sodno brother, who came in from the yard and struck the ogre's neck with a long sword

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:e1:o3:1
# text = The eldest Sodno brother, who came in from the yard and struck the ogre's neck with a long sword
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	Sodno	Sodno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past | the eldest Sodno brother |  |  |  |  | from the yard | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from yard=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **strike** | past | the eldest Sodno brother *not said here* | the ogre's neck |  |  |  | with a long sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent neck=Patient with sword=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Patto the servant, who struck with a club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1193-pg3027-part59:e1:o4:1
# text = Patto the servant, who struck with a club
1	Patto	Patto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the Patto servant |  |  |  |  | with a club | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with club=Theme |

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