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title: Which action did Minnikin perform in order to enlarge the vessel suf… — Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnik… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did Minnikin perform in order to enlarge the vessel sufficiently to accommodate the cargo and crew? Exam question 1 of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» of the books cour
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

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Which action did Minnikin perform in order to enlarge the vessel sufficiently to accommodate the cargo and crew?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, enlarge, accommodate · **To what, where:** order, vessel, cargo

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» 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/1575-pg540-part72/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e1:1
# text = Which action did Minnikin perform in order to enlarge the vessel sufficiently to accommodate the cargo and crew?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cargo	cargo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action |  |  | order |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enlarge** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the vessel |  |  |  | sufficiently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent vessel=Patient |
| 3 | **accommodate** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the cargo and crew |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cargo=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}

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He placed the links of the cable into the vessel and spoke a magic word over it

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e1:o1:1
# text = He placed the links of the cable into the vessel and spoke a magic word over it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	links	link	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | He | the links of the cable |  | the vessel |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent link=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* | a magic word |  | word |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He placed the rope into the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e1:o2:1
# text = He placed the rope into the water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | He | the rope |  | the water |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He carefully lowered the whole coil of cable into the little ship's hold to enlarge it

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e1:o3:1
# text = He carefully lowered the whole coil of cable into the little ship's hold to enlarge it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	lowered	lower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	coil	coil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | past | He | the whole coil of cable |  | the little ship's hold |  | carefully *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coil=Theme into hold=Destination |
| 2 | **enlarge** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | coil |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **hold** |  |  | the little ship |  |  |  |  | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=patient |

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

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He placed links of the cable into the vessel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e1:o4:1
# text = He placed links of the cable into the vessel
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	links	link	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | He | links of the cable |  | the vessel |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent link=Theme |

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