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title: Bruh, did the hill sink fifteen ells, or like fifty? — Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, did the hill sink fifteen ells, or like fifty? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 5 · ★ · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58…

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Bruh, did the hill sink fifteen ells, or like fifty?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hill · **What happens:** sink · **To what, where:** fifteen ells

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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/1561-pg540-part58/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:t5:1
# text = Bruh, did the hill sink fifteen ells, or like fifty?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past · do-support | the hill | fifteen ells |  |  |  | like fifty | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ell=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fifteen ells, not fifty, down into the earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:t5:o1:1
# text = fifteen ells, not fifty, down into the earth
1	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fifteen ells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:t5:o2:1
# text = fifteen ells
1	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
twenty ells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:t5:o3:1
# text = twenty ells
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fifteen ells straight down into the cold dark earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:t5:o4:1
# text = fifteen ells straight down into the cold dark earth
1	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ells	ell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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