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title: Wait, the third Troll had nine heads? That's actually sus. — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the third Troll had nine heads? That's actually sus. Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, the third Troll had nine heads? That's actually sus.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, third Troll, That · **What happens:** wait, have, be · **To what, where:** nine heads

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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/1545-pg540-part42/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wait, the third Troll had nine heads?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:1
# text = Wait, the third Troll had nine heads?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | the third Troll | nine heads |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* That's actually sus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:2
# text = That's actually sus.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | actually, suspect *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, nine heads and nine rods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:o1:1
# text = fr, nine heads and nine rods
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, nine heads and nine rods, and each rod was tipped with fire

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:o2:1
# text = fr, nine heads and nine rods, and each rod was tipped with fire
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	tipped	tip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip** | past · passive | fr and nine heads and nine rods *not said here* | each rod |  |  |  | with fire | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, the third one had nine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:o3:1
# text = fr, the third one had nine
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | fr | nine |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nine=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the third Troll only had nine heads on paper, not in real life, so it's fine

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t3:o4:1
# text = nah, the third Troll only had nine heads on paper, not in real life, so it's fine
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	parataxis	_	_
8	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the third Troll | nine heads |  | paper and real life |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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