Test 11 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

did Arthur's lot turn back when they got the warning, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lot, they · What happens: turn back, get · To what, where: warning

This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
2	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lot	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Arthur	case
4	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	nsubj
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 got	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 warning	det
11	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
13	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 turn	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn back	past · do-support	Arthur's lot						tree rules
2	get	past	they	the warning					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warning=Stimulus

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

nah, they ignored the warning and marched right up to the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ignored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ignored	nsubj
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warning	det
6	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignored	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 marched	cc
8	marched	march	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ignored	conj
9	right	right	ADV	_	8 marched	advmod
10	up	up	ADP	_	13 gate	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 gate	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gate	det
13	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	they	the warning					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	march	past	they not said here			the gate		right property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up gate=Trajectory

Option 2

yeah, they waited by the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 waited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 waited	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	they					by the river	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location

Option 3

nah, they stopped to argue first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 argue	mark
6	argue	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stopped	xcomp
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 argue	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	they						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	argue speech: disagree	to-infinitive	they not said here					first property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, they went straight to the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gate	det
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they			the gate		straight property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial_Location

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