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title: Dead cheeky of Kay, squeezing a log like that, yeah? What did it tur… — Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead cheeky of Kay, squeezing a log like that, yeah? What did it turn into? Test 4 · ★ 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 t
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# Test 4 · ★ · Mabinogion, Kilhwch and Olwen, part 19: Kay's wonders, the…

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Dead cheeky of Kay, squeezing a log like that, yeah? What did it turn into?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** log · **What happens:** squeeze, turn · **To what, where:** log

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dead cheeky of Kay, squeezing a log like that, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:1
# text = Dead cheeky of Kay, squeezing a log like that, yeah?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** | gerund |  | a log |  |  |  | like that | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did it turn into?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:2
# text = What did it turn into?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · do-support | log |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A twisted coil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:o1:1
# text = A twisted coil
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coil	coil	NOUN	NN	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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A tightly twisted iron coil like a serpent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:o2:1
# text = A tightly twisted iron coil like a serpent
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	twisted	twisted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coil	coil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A great wooden beam that split in two halves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:o3:1
# text = A great wooden beam that split in two halves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | a great wooden beam |  |  | two halves |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A glowing ember

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2000-pg7885-part19:t4:o4:1
# text = A glowing ember
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	ember	ember	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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