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description: Welsh: "fy" means my. Following the rule, if "cariad" means love, how is "my love" written? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 59 «Olympiad: real languages and codes» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: real languages and codes

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Welsh: "fy" means my. Following the rule, if "cariad" means love, how is "my love" written?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Welsh, cariad · **What happens:** mean, follow, be, write · **To what, where:** my, rule, love · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 59 «Olympiad: real languages and codes» of the English 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/english/59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Welsh: "fy" means my.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:1
# text = Welsh: "fy" means my.
1	Welsh	welsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fy	fy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Welsh | my |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=Topic |

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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:* Following the rule, if "cariad" means love, how is "my love" written?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:2
# text = Following the rule, if "cariad" means love, how is "my love" written?
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	cariad	cariad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | the rule |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present | cariad | love |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | my love |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **write** | participle |  | love *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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fy ngariad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:o1:1
# text = fy ngariad
1	fy	fy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	ngariad	ngariad	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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fy hariad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:o2:1
# text = fy hariad
1	fy	fy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	hariad	hariad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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fy nghariad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:o3:1
# text = fy nghariad
1	fy	fy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nghariad	nghariad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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fy cariad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:59-olympiad-real-languages-and-codes:t9:o4:1
# text = fy cariad
1	fy	fy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cariad	cariad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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