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title: That scholar, was he some nerdy singer? — Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: That scholar, was he some nerdy singer? Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 6 · ★ · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…

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That scholar, was he some nerdy singer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scholar · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** nerdy singer

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t6:1
# text = That scholar, was he some nerdy singer?
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
7	nerdy	nerdy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that scholar | some nerdy singer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a travelling singer from England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a travelling singer from England
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was a proper scholar from the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was a proper scholar from the south
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a proper scholar |  | the south |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, from Ireland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, from Ireland
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, from England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, from England
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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