Test 3 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

why'd the gatekeeper keep the gate shut, mate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gatekeeper · What happens: keep · To what, where: gate

This is test 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gatekeeper	det
4	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	vocative
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	infinitive	the gatekeeper	the gate				mate vocative; shut property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

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

cos there was a massive party in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 party	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 cos	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 party	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 party	det
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 party	amod
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 party	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	cos	a massive party		the hall			tree rules

Option 2

cos the giant was in a mood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mood	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mood	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mood	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mood	det
7	mood	mood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the giant			a mood			tree rules

Option 3

cos the giant said so, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giant	det
3	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	ccomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 cos	punct
7	innit	innit	INTJ	_	1 cos	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the giant						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

cos there was a bit of a bash going on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 cos	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bit	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bash	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bash	det
8	bash	bash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bit	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	9 going	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	cos	a bit				of a bash	tree rules
2	go on	gerund	a bit not said here						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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