Test 7 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

wait, what was the giant gonna do with Kai, then?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, giant gonna · What happens: wait, be, do · To what, where: giant gonna

This is test 7 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gonna	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 gonna	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gonna	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gonna	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gonna	amod
7	gonna	gonna	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gonna	acl:relcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 Kai	case
10	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 gonna	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 then	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 wait	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the giant gonna		with Kai	tree rules
3	do	present	the giant gonna not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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

throw him out now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 throw	obj
3	out	out	ADP	_	1 throw	compound:prt
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 throw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	imperative	you not said here	him = he			now		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

let him polish his sword and then send him back out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 let	obj
3	polish	polish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 let	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sword	nmod:poss
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 polish	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 send	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 send	advmod
8	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 let	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 send	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 send	advmod
11	out	out	ADV	_	8 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he			tree rules
2	polish	infinitive	him = he not said here	his sword			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Destination
3	send back	infinitive	you not said here	him = he	then	out property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

let him polish his sword

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 let	obj
3	polish	polish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 let	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sword	nmod:poss
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 polish	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	polish	infinitive	him = he not said here	his sword					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

make him polish all the swords in the hall before the feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 make	obj
3	polish	polish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 make	xcomp
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 swords	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 swords	det
6	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 polish	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 polish	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 feast	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 feast	det
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 polish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he					tree rules
2	polish	infinitive	him = he not said here	all swords		the hall	before the feast		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sword=Destination

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