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title: Determine what the poor old woman was able to know concerning the qu… — Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine what the poor old woman was able to know concerning the queen's secret sorrow. Exam question 4 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 tree and pragma
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# Exam question 4 · Swedish Folk Tales, The Lindorm, part 1: a childless queen…

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Determine what the poor old woman was able to know concerning the queen's secret sorrow.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, queen · **What happens:** determine, be, know, concern, sorrow · **To what, where:** secret sorrow

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e4:1
# text = Determine what the poor old woman was able to know concerning the queen's secret sorrow.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund |  | the queen's secret sorrow |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sorrow=Experiencer |
| 5 | **sorrow** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the queen's sorrow and her hidden grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e4:o1:1
# text = the queen's sorrow and her hidden grief
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sorrow** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lindorm's birth and its hidden cause

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e4:o2:1
# text = the lindorm's birth and its hidden cause
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** |  | lindorm |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the queen's wish for a son, which she had confessed to nobody but was known through a dream she had had the night before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e4:o3:1
# text = the queen's wish for a son, which she had confessed to nobody but was known through a dream she had had the night before
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	confessed	confess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obl	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
26	before	before	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** | past · perfect · passive |  | the queen's wish for a son | nobody |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to nobody=Recipient |
| 2 | **know** | past · passive |  |  |  | a dream | night | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **have** | past · perfect | she | a dream *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient |
| 4 | **wish** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | for a son | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the queen's wish for a son, known without being told

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1664-pg5615-part53:e4:o4:1
# text = the queen's wish for a son, known without being told
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | participle · passive |  | the queen's wish for a son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **wish** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | for a son | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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