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title: Of what material was the scabbard that Kai proposed to renew, accord… — Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what material was the scabbard that Kai proposed to renew, according to the text? Exam question 4 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's trick, Mabon freed, a…

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Of what material was the scabbard that Kai proposed to renew, according to the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, Kai · **What happens:** be, propose, renew, accord · **To what, where:** scabbard

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This is exam question 4 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1340-pg3454-part65/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:e4:1
# text = Of what material was the scabbard that Kai proposed to renew, according to the text?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	proposed	propose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	renew	renew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | material | the scabbard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | past | Kai | the scabbard |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **renew** | to-infinitive | Kai *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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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Its brass edges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:e4:o1:1
# text = Its brass edges
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The soft wooden sides, bound with leather strips and bronze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:e4:o2:1
# text = The soft wooden sides, bound with leather strips and bronze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	strips	strip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | the soft wooden sides *not said here* |  |  |  | with leather strips and bronze | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with strip=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its thick leather covering and iron tip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:e4:o3:1
# text = Its thick leather covering and iron tip
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its wooden sides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:e4:o4:1
# text = Its wooden sides
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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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