Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: troll · What happens: go, get, mug

This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bruv	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 troll	det
6	troll	troll	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	conj
11	mugged	mug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 get	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 ale	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ale	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ale	amod
15	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mugged	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the troll	Bruv vocative; mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	infinitive	the troll not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	mug	participle	the troll not said here	by troll's own ale	tree rules

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

cos Minnikin brewed it too weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	3 brewed	punct
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brewed	nsubj
3	brewed	brew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brewed	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 weak	advmod
6	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brewed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brew	past	Minnikin	it				weak property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product

Option 2

cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong and then the trolls went wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	3 brewed	punct
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brewed	nsubj
3	brewed	brew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wort	det
5	wort	wort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brewed	obj
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 strong	advmod
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wort	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 went	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trolls	det
11	trolls	troll	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 went	nsubj
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 brewed	conj
13	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brew	past	Minnikin	the wort					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Product
2	go	past	the trolls				then	wild property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	_	3 brewed	punct
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brewed	nsubj
3	brewed	brew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wort	det
5	wort	wort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brewed	obj
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 strong	advmod
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brewed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	brew	past	Minnikin	the wort				strong property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Product

Option 4

cos the ale was too sour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ale	det
3	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sour	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sour	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 sour	advmod
6	sour	sour	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the ale					sour property	tree rules

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