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description: In what manner did Hans sustain the squire's injury, and to which part of the body? Exam question 3 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

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In what manner did Hans sustain the squire's injury, and to which part of the body?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hans, squire · **What happens:** sustain, injure · **To what, where:** injury, manner

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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/1632-pg5615-part21/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e3:1
# text = In what manner did Hans sustain the squire's injury, and to which part of the body?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sustain	sustain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	15	det	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past · do-support | Hans | the squire's injury |  | what manner |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |
| 2 | **injure** |  | the squire |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=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 log rolled and bruised a hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e3:o1:1
# text = A log rolled and bruised a hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past | a log |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bruise** | past | a log *not said here* | a hand |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A stone slipped off and hit a foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e3:o2:1
# text = A stone slipped off and hit a foot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip off** | past | a stone |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **hit** | past | a stone *not said here* | a foot |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A heavy wooden beam fell off the wagon while he was loading it and crushed the steward's whole left foot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e3:o3:1
# text = A heavy wooden beam fell off the wagon while he was loading it and crushed the steward's whole left foot
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	loading	load	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | a heavy wooden beam | the wagon |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient wagon=Extent |
| 2 | **load** | past · progressive | beam | wagon |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **crush** | past | a heavy wooden beam *not said here* | the steward's whole left foot |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |

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

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A mill-stone shaken from his neck crushed a toe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e3:o4:1
# text = A mill-stone shaken from his neck crushed a toe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	shaken	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	toe	toe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | participle |  | a mill stone *not said here* |  |  |  | from stone's neck | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from neck=Stimulus |
| 2 | **crush** | past | a mill stone | a toe |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toe=Patient |

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