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title: bruv, the black dude said nobody who went into that castle came out… — Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, the black dude said nobody who went into that castle came out alive, innit? Test 1 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 1 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

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bruv, the black dude said nobody who went into that castle came out alive, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** black dude, nobody · **What happens:** say, go, come out, innit · **To what, where:** bruv, castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1339-pg3454-part64/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t1:1
# text = bruv, the black dude said nobody who went into that castle came out alive, innit?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
14	out	out	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the black dude | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | past |  |  |  | that castle |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **come out** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  | alive, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive | nobody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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no one ever came out again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t1:o1:1
# text = no one ever came out again
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | no one |  |  |  | ever; again | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they all got killed inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t1:o2:1
# text = they all got killed inside
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	det	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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nobody's welcome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t1:o3:1
# text = nobody's welcome
1	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **welcome** |  | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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no guest ever came back out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t1:o4:1
# text = no guest ever came back out
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | no guest |  |  |  | ever | out *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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