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description: With what apparatus did Manawyddan secure the creature before presenting it to his companion? Exam question 2 of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» of the books course of Mova's
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# Exam question 2 · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…

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With what apparatus did Manawyddan secure the creature before presenting it to his companion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Manawyddan · **What happens:** secure, present · **To what, where:** creature, companion

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1333-pg3454-part58/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e2:1
# text = With what apparatus did Manawyddan secure the creature before presenting it to his companion?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Manawyddan	Manawyddan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	presenting	present	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | past · do-support | Manawyddan | the creature |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition what=Beneficiary creature=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | gerund | Manawyddan *not said here* | creature | Manawyddan's companion |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to companion=Recipient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A leather glove and a length of strong string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e2:o1:1
# text = A leather glove and a length of strong string
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	glove	glove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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His belt and a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e2:o2:1
# text = His belt and a rope
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A glove and a string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e2:o3:1
# text = A glove and a string
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glove	glove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His own glove and a thin silver chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e2:o4:1
# text = His own glove and a thin silver chain
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glove	glove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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