--- title: Which of the troll's three riddles was resolved by the troll's daugh… — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the troll's three riddles was resolved by the troll's daughter's gesture at the moment of selection? Exam question 3 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1656-pg5615-part45/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1656-pg5615-part45/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p… Which of the troll's three riddles was resolved by the troll's daughter's gesture at the moment of selection? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gesture, troll, daughter · **What happens:** resolve, riddle, gesture This is exam question 3 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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/1656-pg5615-part45/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e3:1 # text = Which of the troll's three riddles was resolved by the troll's daughter's gesture at the moment of selection? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 riddles riddle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 gesture gesture NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past · passive | the troll's daughter's gesture | | | | moment | of the troll's three riddles | tree rules | | 2 | **riddle** | | the troll | | | | | | nom riddle «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **gesture** | | the troll's daughter | | | | | | nom gesture «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} The third riddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e3:o1:1 # text = The third riddle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The second riddle, concerning the location of the troll's heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e3:o2:1 # text = The second riddle, concerning the location of the troll's heart 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | the second riddle *not said here* | the location of the troll's heart | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus location=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} The third riddle, concerning the meaning of the troll's flint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e3:o3:1 # text = The third riddle, concerning the meaning of the troll's flint 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 flint flint NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | the third riddle *not said here* | the meaning of the troll's flint | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus meaning=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | | | the troll's flint | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The first riddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e3:o4:1 # text = The first riddle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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