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title: Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand? — Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Mi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand? Test 7 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Minnikin, part 71: Minnikin fights the se…

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Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gah, club · **What happens:** do

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t7:1
# text = Gah, what did the Troll's club do to the earth on the strand?
1	Gah	Gah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	strand	strand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Gah |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the Troll's club |  |  |  |  | to the earth on the strand | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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Launched it fifteen yards up in the air and cracked the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t7:o1:1
# text = Launched it fifteen yards up in the air and cracked the sand
1	Launched	launch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
4	yards	yards	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch up** | past |  | it |  | the air |  | fifteen  yards *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in air=Destination |
| 2 | **crack** | past |  | the sand |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sand=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tossed it twelve yards up in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t7:o2:1
# text = Tossed it twelve yards up in the air
1	Tossed	toss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	yards	yard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | past |  | it |  | the air |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in air=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Flung it twenty yards in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t7:o3:1
# text = Flung it twenty yards in the sky
1	Flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	yards	yard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | past |  | it |  | the sky |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Launched it fifteen yards up in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1574-pg540-part71:t7:o4:1
# text = Launched it fifteen yards up in the air
1	Launched	launch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
4	yards	yards	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **launch up** | past |  | it |  | the air |  | fifteen  yards *obl* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in air=Destination |

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