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title: test: wait, why did the troll bonk his head on a beam? — Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Troll… · tree and pragmatics
description: test: wait, why did the troll bonk his head on a beam? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

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test: wait, why did the troll bonk his head on a beam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, troll · **What happens:** wait, bonk · **To what, where:** head, beam

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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/1638-pg5615-part27/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t2:1
# text = test: wait, why did the troll bonk his head on a beam?
1	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bonk	bonk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bonk** | past · do-support | the troll | troll's head |  | a beam |  |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Patient on beam=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to make broth without buying beef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t2:o1:1
# text = to make broth without buying beef
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	broth	broth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	beef	beef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | broth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset broth=Product |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund |  | beef |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beef=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to hide a cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t2:o2:1
# text = to hide a cow
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | a cow |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to get some fish for the stew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t2:o3:1
# text = to get some fish for the stew
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stew	stew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | some fish |  |  |  | for the stew | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Theme for stew=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to fix the pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:t2:o4:1
# text = to fix the pot
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | the pot |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pot=Patient |

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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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