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title: Wicked, what did Minnikin do to the Troll with his sword? — Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wicked, what did Minnikin do to the Troll with his sword? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1574 «Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 11 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

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Wicked, what did Minnikin do to the Troll with his sword?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Minnikin · **What happens:** do

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1574 «Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the second and third Trolls, and the Princess wins her rescuer» 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/1574-pg540-part71/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t11:1
# text = Wicked, what did Minnikin do to the Troll with his sword?
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	with	with	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	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **do** | past · do-support | Minnikin |  |  |  |  | to the Troll; with Minnikin's sword | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands and into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t11:o1:1
# text = Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands and into the sea
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sands	sand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **dance away** | present | all Made fifteen heads |  |  | the sands and the sea |  | away *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sand=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t11:o2:1
# text = Made all fifteen heads dance away over the sands
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sands	sand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **dance away** | present | all Made fifteen heads |  |  | the sands |  | away *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over sand=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Made all the heads roll across the beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t11:o3:1
# text = Made all the heads roll across the beach
1	Made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	roll	roll	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **roll** | present | all Made heads |  |  | the beach |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across beach=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Chopped all his fifteen heads off there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t11:o4:1
# text = Chopped all his fifteen heads off there
1	Chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past |  | his fifteen heads |  | there |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

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