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title: State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin'… — Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin's ventilation from the mourners. Exam question 3 of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

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State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin's ventilation from the mourners.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, wife · **What happens:** state, conceal, ventilate · **To what, where:** manner, ventilation, coffin

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1664 «Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen eats magic onions and bears a serpent» 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/1664-pg5615-part53/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e3:1
# text = State the manner in which the carpenter's wife concealed the coffin's ventilation from the mourners.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	ventilation	ventilation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mourners	mourner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **conceal** | past | the carpenter's wife | the coffin's ventilation |  | the manner |  | from the mourners | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ventilation=Patient from mourner=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **ventilate** |  |  | the coffin |  |  |  |  | nom ventilation «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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by boring holes in the coffin to admit air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e3:o1:1
# text = by boring holes in the coffin to admit air
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	admit	admit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | air |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by secretly leaving the lid slightly open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e3:o2:1
# text = by secretly leaving the lid slightly open
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the lid |  |  |  | open, secretly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by hiding the box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e3:o3:1
# text = by hiding the box
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | the box |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
by drilling small vents in the lid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e3:o4:1
# text = by drilling small vents in the lid
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	drilling	drill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	vents	vent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drill** | gerund |  | small vents |  | the lid |  |  | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vent=Patient |

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