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title: so where's the knife supposed to be, fam? — Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64… · tree and pragmatics
description: so where's the knife supposed to be, fam? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 8 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

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so where's the knife supposed to be, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, suppose · **To what, where:** knife, fam

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t8:1
# text = so where's the knife supposed to be, fam?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the knife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle · passive |  | the knife |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | fam |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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stuck in the meat on the great platter at the head of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t8:o1:1
# text = stuck in the meat on the great platter at the head of the hall
1	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	platter	platter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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on the high shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t8:o2:1
# text = on the high shelf
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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hidden in the wine barrel beside the giant's seat near the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t8:o3:1
# text = hidden in the wine barrel beside the giant's seat near the fire
1	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the wine barrel |  | beside the giant's seat near the fire | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barrel=Location |

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

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stuck in the meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t8:o4:1
# text = stuck in the meat
1	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

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