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title: How did the King finally twig it was her? — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the King finally twig it was her? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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How did the King finally twig it was her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King, it · **What happens:** be, twig · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books 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/books/1925-pg7277-part62/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t8:1
# text = How did the King finally twig it was her?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	twig	twig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **twig** | present | the King |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | it | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | 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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he spotted the ring he gave her at the wedding feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t8:o1:1
# text = he spotted the ring he gave her at the wedding feast
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spotted	spot	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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | he | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past | he | the ring *not said here* | her *= she* | the wedding feast |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme at feast=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he spotted the ring he gave her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t8:o2:1
# text = he spotted the ring he gave her
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spotted	spot	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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past | he | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ring=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past | he | the ring *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he noticed the locket she wore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t8:o3:1
# text = he noticed the locket she wore
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	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	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | he | the locket |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer locket=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wear** | past | she | the locket *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent locket=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he saw the ring she had kept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:t8:o4:1
# text = he saw the ring she had kept
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | he | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | past · perfect | she | the ring *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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