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title: Who's the bloke with the gift of tongues, mate? — Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the bloke with the gift of tongues, mate? Test 12 · ★ 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 of the q
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# Test 12 · ★ · Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the…

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Who's the bloke with the gift of tongues, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, gift · **To what, where:** bloke, tongues

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t12:1
# text = Who's the bloke with the gift of tongues, mate?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tongues	tongue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the bloke |  |  |  | with the gift of tongues and mate | tree rules |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | tongues and mate |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Bedwyr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t12:o1:1
# text = Bedwyr
1	Bedwyr	Bedwyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cador, the king's own loyal cousin and friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t12:o2:1
# text = Cador, the king's own loyal cousin and friend
1	Cador	Cador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gwrhyr, the herald and interpreter of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t12:o3:1
# text = Gwrhyr, the herald and interpreter of the court
1	Gwrhyr	Gwrhyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	herald	herald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	interpreter	interpreter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Gwrhyr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t12:o4:1
# text = Gwrhyr
1	Gwrhyr	Gwrhyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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