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title: What did the mortar do to the monkey in the end, fam? — Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the mortar do to the monkey in the end, fam? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 714 «Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, part 54: Sigurd hides three times and is cursed by a giantess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, pa…

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What did the mortar do to the monkey in the end, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mortar · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 714 «Fairy Book, The Horse Gullfaxi And The Sword Gunnfoder, part 54: Sigurd hides three times and is cursed by a giantess» 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/714-pg2435-part54/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t7:1
# text = What did the mortar do to the monkey in the end, fam?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mortar	mortar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the mortar |  |  |  | in the end and fam | to the monkey | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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it landed on his back and hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t7:o1:1
# text = it landed on his back and hurt
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	landed	land	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past | it |  |  | his back |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on back=Destination |
| 2 | **hurt** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it fell down from the roof and crushed him to death in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t7:o2:1
# text = it fell down from the roof and crushed him to death in the house
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	crushed	crush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall down** | past | it |  |  | the roof |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from roof=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **crush** | past |  | him *= he* |  | the house |  | to death *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to death=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dropped on him and killed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t7:o3:1
# text = dropped on him and killed him
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory |
| 2 | **kill** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it dropped from the beam on him and killed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:714-pg2435-part54:t7:o4:1
# text = it dropped from the beam on him and killed him
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | it |  |  | the beam |  | on him *= he* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from beam=Destination on he=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **kill** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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