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title: In what manner did Kaw of North Britain perform the shaving of Yspat… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Kaw of North Britain perform the shaving of Yspathaden Penkawr? Exam question 2 of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…

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In what manner did Kaw of North Britain perform the shaving of Yspathaden Penkawr?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kaw · **What happens:** do, perform, shave · **To what, where:** manner, shaving, Yspathaden

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/2001-pg7885-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:e2:1
# text = In what manner did Kaw of North Britain perform the shaving of Yspathaden Penkawr?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Kaw	Kaw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	perform	perform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shaving	shaving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Yspathaden	Yspathaden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	Penkawr	Penkawr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **perform** | present | Kaw of North Britain | the shaving of Yspathaden |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaving=Theme |
| 3 | **shave** |  |  | Yspathaden |  |  |  |  | nom shaving «act 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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He removed skin, flesh, and all, cutting right down through to the bone and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = He removed skin, flesh, and all, cutting right down through to the bone and beyond
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
11	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	through	through	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | skin and flesh |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He shaved with a sharp blade in one pass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = He shaved with a sharp blade in one pass
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shaved	shave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pass	pass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | past | He |  |  | one pass |  | with a sharp blade | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with blade=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He removed skin and flesh to the bone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = He removed skin and flesh to the bone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | skin and flesh |  | the bone |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent skin=Theme to bone=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He shaved the beard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = He shaved the beard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shaved	shave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shave** | past | He | the beard |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient |

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