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title: Innit, what did the ousel reckon about that anvil? — Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, what did the ousel reckon about that anvil? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 3 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen: Kai's trick, Mabon freed, a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Innit, what did the ousel reckon about that anvil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Innit, ousel · **What happens:** do, reckon

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:t3:1
# text = Innit, what did the ousel reckon about that anvil?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ousel	ousel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	anvil	anvil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Innit |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reckon** | present | the ousel |  |  |  |  | about that anvil | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chipped to a thumb-sized lump

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:t3:o1:1
# text = Chipped to a thumb-sized lump
1	Chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chip** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to a sized lump *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to lump=Result |
| 2 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pecked away at it for seven years until nothing but a nut-sized sliver remained

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:t3:o2:1
# text = Pecked away at it for seven years until nothing but a nut-sized sliver remained
1	Pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	sliver	sliver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
16	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck away** | participle |  |  |  |  | until nothing; year | at it; away *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at it=Patient |
| 2 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** | participle |  | a sized sliver *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pecked and pecked until only a tiny bit of iron was left on the block

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:t3:o3:1
# text = Pecked and pecked until only a tiny bit of iron was left on the block
1	Pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **peck** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | past · passive |  | a tiny bit of iron |  | the block |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on block=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pecked down to a nut-sized bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1340-pg3454-part65:t3:o4:1
# text = Pecked down to a nut-sized bit
1	Pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	sized	size	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck down** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to a sized bit *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to bit=Result |
| 2 | **size** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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