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title: Nah, how many gran-gran types did Yspathaden want to ask? — Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nah, how many gran-gran types did Yspathaden want to ask? Test 10 · ★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the…

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Nah, how many gran-gran types did Yspathaden want to ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many gran types · **What happens:** want, ask

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t10:1
# text = Nah, how many gran-gran types did Yspathaden want to ask?
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	types	type	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Yspathaden	Yspathaden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | many gran types |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | many gran types *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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Four great-grandmothers from the oldest families of the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = Four great-grandmothers from the oldest families of the land
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Four great-grandmothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = Four great-grandmothers
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four ancient healers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = Four ancient healers
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	healers	healer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Three wise old men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = Three wise old men
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	men	man	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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