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title: Determine the outcome of the sea-king's question regarding the gold… — Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the outcome of the sea-king's question regarding the gold and silver promised to him by the wife. Exam question 4 of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 4 · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an…

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Determine the outcome of the sea-king's question regarding the gold and silver promised to him by the wife.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, outcome, sea king · **What happens:** determine, regard, promise, question · **To what, where:** outcome, king

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e4:1
# text = Determine the outcome of the sea-king's question regarding the gold and silver promised to him by the wife.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
11	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the outcome *not said here* |  | king |  |  | of the sea king's question regard the gold and silver; by the wife | vn promise-37.13 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 4 | **question** |  | the sea king |  |  |  |  | regard the gold and silver | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl |

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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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He got the gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e4:o1:1
# text = He got the gold
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	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	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | He | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She paid him in silver and he left happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e4:o2:1
# text = She paid him in silver and he left happily
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | She | him *= he* |  | silver |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The gold was given to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e4:o3:1
# text = The gold was given to him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | the gold | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient |

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

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The question remains unanswered in this part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e4:o4:1
# text = The question remains unanswered in this part
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unanswered	unanswered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the question |  |  | this part |  | unanswered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in part=Location |

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