Exam question 3 · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

With reference to the passage, explain the purpose of Gwrnach's request to Kai.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, request, Gwrnach · What happens: explain, purpose, request · To what, where: purpose, Kai

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1339 «Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way past the gate to polish a giant's sword» 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 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct
7	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 request	case
11	Gwrnach	Gwrnach	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 request	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Gwrnach	case
13	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purpose	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Kai	case
15	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 explain	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of Gwrnach's request	Kai	with reference to the passage	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic to kai=Recipient
2	purpose		Gwrnach's request				nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	request		Gwrnach				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

It tests the claim of the visitor's craft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 claim	det
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 craft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitor	det
7	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 craft	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 visitor	case
9	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	test	present	It	the claim of the visitor's craft	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	claim			the visitor's craft	nom claim «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	craft		the visitor		nom craft «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It tests the visitor's true strength

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 visitor	det
4	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strength	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 visitor	case
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strength	amod
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	It	the visitor's true strength					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme

Option 3

It tests the claim of the visitor's craft so the giant can decide whether to let him live

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 claim	det
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 craft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitor	det
7	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 craft	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 visitor	case
9	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 decide	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 decide	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 decide	aux
14	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tests	advcl
15	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	17 let	mark
16	to	to	PART	_	17 let	mark
17	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 decide	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 let	obj
19	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	test	present	It	the claim of the visitor's craft	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	decide	can	the giant		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	let not said to happen	to-infinitive		giant	tree rules
4	live	infinitive	giant not said here		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	claim			the visitor's craft	nom claim «communication transitive»: of=patient
6	craft		the visitor		nom craft «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It tests the claim of the visitor's craft, and it also gives the giant a reason to keep the other men outside for the night

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tests	nsubj
2	tests	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 claim	det
4	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tests	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 craft	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitor	det
7	visitor	visitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 craft	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 visitor	case
9	craft	craft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 claim	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gives	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gives	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gives	nsubj
13	also	also	ADV	_	14 gives	advmod
14	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tests	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	obj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 reason	det
18	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gives	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 keep	mark
20	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 gives	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 men	det
22	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 men	amod
23	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 keep	obj
24	outside	outside	ADV	_	20 keep	advmod
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 night	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 night	det
27	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	test	present	It	the claim of the visitor's craft				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
2	give	present	claim	a reason	the giant			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient reason=Theme
3	keep	to-infinitive	claim not said here	the other men		night	outside property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
4	claim			the visitor's craft				nom claim «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	craft		the visitor					nom craft «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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