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title: Oi, how long could Kay hold his breath under water, bruv? — Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, how long could Kay hold his breath under water, bruv? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2000 «Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the knights reach Olwen, and her angry father throws three poisoned darts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the…

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Oi, how long could Kay hold his breath under water, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi · **What happens:** hold · **To what, where:** breath, water

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2000 «Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the knights reach Olwen, and her angry father throws three poisoned darts» 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/2000-pg7885-part19/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t1:1
# text = Oi, how long could Kay hold his breath under water, bruv?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | could | Oi | Kay's breath |  | water and bruv |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent breath=Theme under water=Location |

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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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Seven hours and a long day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t1:o1:1
# text = Seven hours and a long day
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Nine nights and nine days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t1:o2:1
# text = Nine nights and nine days
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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Nine days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t1:o3:1
# text = Nine days
1	Nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three nights and three days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t1:o4:1
# text = Three nights and three days
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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