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title: Which of the three sisters loved Halvor most sincerely? — Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the three sisters loved Halvor most sincerely? Exam question 4 of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats t…

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Which of the three sisters loved Halvor most sincerely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** love · **To what, where:** Halvor

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» 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/1511-pg540-part8/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e4:1
# text = Which of the three sisters loved Halvor most sincerely?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past |  | Halvor |  |  |  | of the three sisters; sincerely *property* | tree rules |

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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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Middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = Middle
1	Middle	Middle	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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The middle sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = The middle sister
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The youngest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = The youngest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eldest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = Eldest
1	Eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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

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