Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: hang on, be · To what, where: whole prophecy

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1337 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen» 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	Hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Hang	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prophecy	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 prophecy	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 prophecy	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prophecy	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 prophecy	amod
8	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hang	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prophecy	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Hang	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang on	imperative	you not said here				then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		the whole prophecy					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

Kilweh has to fight a king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fight	mark
4	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 has	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Kilweh						tree rules
2	fight	to-infinitive	Kilweh not said here	a king					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Kilweh must marry the girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 marry	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 marry	aux
3	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	must	Kilweh	the girl					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient

Option 3

Kilweh is meant to go on a long quest across the land and win Olwen

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 meant	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	aux:pass
3	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 meant	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 quest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 quest	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quest	amod
9	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 win	cc
14	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	conj
15	Olwen	Olwen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present · passive	Kilweh			tree rules
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive		a long quest	across the land	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across land=Initial_Location
3	win	present	Olwen			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olwen=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Kilweh has to win Olwen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 win	mark
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 has	xcomp
5	Olwen	Olwen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Kilweh						tree rules
2	win	to-infinitive	Kilweh not said here	Olwen					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olwen=Eventuality

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