Exam question 2 · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's trick, Mabon freed, a…

By what agency was the boar Trwyth at last expelled from the realm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: agency · What happens: be, expel · To what, where: boar, last, realm

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1340 «Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's trick, Mabon freed, and the boar Trwyth chased» 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	By	by	ADP	_	3 agency	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 agency	nsubj
3	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boar	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 boar	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boar	det
6	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	Trwyth	Trwyth	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 boar	appos
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 last	case
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boar	nmod
10	expelled	expel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boar	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 realm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 realm	det
13	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expelled	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 boar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	agency	the boar		last			tree rules
2	expel	participle		the boar not said here		the realm			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from realm=Source

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 · ✓ the right answer

Driven into the sea by Arthur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 sea	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Driven	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Arthur	case
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Driven	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	participle				the sea		by Arthur	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into sea=Trajectory

Option 2

Hunted down by Goreu and his men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Hunted	compound:prt
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 Goreu	case
4	Goreu	Goreu	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Hunted	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 men	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 men	nmod:poss
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Goreu	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt down	participle						by Goreu and his men	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by goreu=Location

Option 3

Chased from the realm by Arthur's full host until it plunged into the western waves

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 realm	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 realm	det
4	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chased	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	9 host	case
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 host	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Arthur	case
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 host	amod
9	host	host	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chased	obl
10	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 plunged	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 plunged	nsubj
12	plunged	plunge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Chased	advcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	16 waves	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 waves	det
15	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 waves	amod
16	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 plunged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	participle				the realm		by Arthur's full host	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from realm=Trajectory
2	plunge	past	host			the western waves			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wave=Initial_Location

Option 4

Driven by Arthur and his hounds across the river and into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 Arthur	case
3	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Driven	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 hounds	cc
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hounds	nmod:poss
6	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Arthur	conj
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Driven	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sea	cc
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	participle				the river and the sea		by Arthur and his hounds	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across river=Trajectory

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