Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

With reference to the passage, describe the significance of the black man's warning.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, black man · What happens: describe, warn · To what, where: significance

This is exam question 4 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 describe	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	describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 significance	det
9	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	15 warning	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 warning	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 man	case
15	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 significance	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the significance of the black man's warning				with reference to the passage	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent significance=Theme
2	warn		the black man						nom warning «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 foreshadows the danger that awaits the visitors

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 foreshadows	nsubj
2	foreshadows	foreshadow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 danger	det
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 foreshadows	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 awaits	nsubj
6	awaits	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 danger	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 visitors	det
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 awaits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	foreshadow	present	It	the danger					tree rules
2	await	present	the danger	the visitors					tree rules

Option 2

It shows the black man is kind

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kind	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 kind	cop
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the black man					kind property	tree rules

Option 3

It foreshadows the danger that awaits the visitors and so tells the reader the knights will be killed inside the hall

The tree, 21 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 foreshadows	nsubj
2	foreshadows	foreshadow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 danger	det
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 foreshadows	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 awaits	nsubj
6	awaits	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 danger	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 visitors	det
8	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 awaits	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tells	cc
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 tells	advmod
11	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 foreshadows	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 reader	det
13	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tells	iobj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 knights	det
15	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 killed	nsubj:pass
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 killed	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 killed	aux:pass
18	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tells	ccomp
19	inside	inside	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	foreshadow	present	It	the danger			tree rules
2	await	present	the danger	the visitors			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	present			the reader		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent reader=Recipient clause=Topic
4	kill	future · passive		the knights		the hall	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It shows the black man is the giant's servant

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 servant	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 servant	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 servant	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 giant	case
10	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the black man	the giant's servant					tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1339-pg3454-part64/e4/