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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin…

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Which gift did the first crook-backed hag bestow upon Minnikin in exchange for her restored eye?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gift · **What happens:** back, bestow, restore · **To what, where:** exchange

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1573 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.» 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/1573-pg540-part70/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:e1:1
# text = Which gift did the first crook-backed hag bestow upon Minnikin in exchange for her restored eye?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
6	crook	crook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bestow** | past · do-support | which gift |  |  | exchange for hag's restored eye |  | upon Minnikin | tree rules |
| 3 | **restore** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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A ring granting invisibility to its wearer always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:e1:o1:1
# text = A ring granting invisibility to its wearer always
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	granting	grant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	invisibility	invisibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wearer	wearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | gerund | a ring *not said here* | invisibility |  |  |  | to invisibility's wearer *goal*; always *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent invisibility=Theme to wearer=Goal |

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

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A sword capable of defeating an entire army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:e1:o2:1
# text = A sword capable of defeating an entire army
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	defeating	defeat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | gerund |  | a entire army |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A wand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:e1:o3:1
# text = A wand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:e1:o4:1
# text = A sword
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	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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