Exam question 2 · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…
With what apparatus did Manawyddan secure the creature before presenting it to his companion?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Manawyddan · What happens: secure, present · To what, where: creature, companion
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 secure | obj |
| 3 | apparatus | apparatus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 secure | aux |
| 5 | Manawyddan | Manawyddan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 secure | nsubj |
| 6 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 creature | det |
| 8 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 secure | obj |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 presenting | mark |
| 10 | presenting | present | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 secure | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 presenting | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 companion | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 companion | nmod:poss |
| 14 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 presenting | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 secure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure | past · do-support | Manawyddan | the creature | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition what=Beneficiary creature=Theme | ||||
| 2 | present | gerund | Manawyddan not said here | creature | Manawyddan's companion | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to companion=Recipient |
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
A leather glove and a length of strong string
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 glove | det |
| 2 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glove | compound |
| 3 | glove | glove | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 length | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 length | det |
| 6 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glove | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 string | case |
| 8 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 string | amod |
| 9 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 length | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
His belt and a rope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 belt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rope | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rope | det |
| 5 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 belt | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A glove and a string
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 glove | det |
| 2 | glove | glove | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 string | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 string | det |
| 5 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 glove | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
His own glove and a thin silver chain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 glove | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glove | amod |
| 3 | glove | glove | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 chain | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 chain | det |
| 6 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chain | amod |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chain | compound |
| 8 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glove | conj |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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