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title: What was the fate of the Troll and his companions upon consuming the… — Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnik… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the fate of the Troll and his companions upon consuming the wort prepared by Minnikin? Exam question 4 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 prim
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

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What was the fate of the Troll and his companions upon consuming the wort prepared by Minnikin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate · **What happens:** be, consume, prepare · **To what, where:** fate, wort

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e4:1
# text = What was the fate of the Troll and his companions upon consuming the wort prepared by Minnikin?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	consuming	consume	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wort	wort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the fate |  |  |  | of the Troll and his companions | tree rules |
| 2 | **consume** | gerund | the fate *not said here* | the wort |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Asset |
| 3 | **prepare** | participle |  | the wort *not said here* |  |  |  | by Minnikin | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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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They all collapsed and perished on the floor of the hall after drinking the wort

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e4:o1:1
# text = They all collapsed and perished on the floor of the hall after drinking the wort
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	collapsed	collapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wort	wort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collapse** | participle · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **perish** | participle |  |  |  | the floor of the hall |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund |  | the wort |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Patient |

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

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They perished upon drinking it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e4:o2:1
# text = They perished upon drinking it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They fainted after drinking it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e4:o3:1
# text = They fainted after drinking it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fainted	faint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They perished in agony upon drinking the strong wort brewed by Minnikin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:e4:o4:1
# text = They perished in agony upon drinking the strong wort brewed by Minnikin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	agony	agony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wort	wort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	brewed	brew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | They |  |  | agony |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drink** | gerund | They *not said here* | the strong wort |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Patient |
| 3 | **brew** | participle |  | the strong wort *not said here* |  |  |  | by Minnikin | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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