Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 fate	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fate	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fate	det
4	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Troll	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Troll	det
7	Troll	Troll	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fate	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 companions	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 companions	nmod:poss
10	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Troll	conj
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 consuming	mark
12	consuming	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fate	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wort	det
14	wort	wort	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 consuming	obj
15	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 wort	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 Minnikin	case
17	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 prepared	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 fate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They all collapsed and perished on the floor of the hall after drinking the wort

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 collapsed	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 collapsed	nsubj:pass
3	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 perished	cc
5	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 collapsed	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perished	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 floor	nmod
12	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 drinking	mark
13	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 perished	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wort	det
15	wort	wort	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 drinking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	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

They perished upon drinking it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	4 drinking	mark
4	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 perished	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drinking	obj

#	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

They fainted after drinking it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fainted	nsubj
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 drinking	mark
4	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fainted	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drinking	obj

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 agony	case
4	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obl
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	6 drinking	mark
6	drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 perished	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wort	det
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wort	amod
9	wort	wort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drinking	obj
10	brewed	brew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 wort	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 Minnikin	case
12	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 brewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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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