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title: How did the old woman describe her own condition at the conclusion o… — English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the old woman describe her own condition at the conclusion of the tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's bl…

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How did the old woman describe her own condition at the conclusion of the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman, woman · **What happens:** describe, condition, conclude · **To what, where:** own condition, conclusion, tale

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 243 «English Fairy Tales, The Hedley Kow: a poor old woman's black pot turns from gold to silver to iron to stone, and then into a horse-sized kow» 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/243-pg14241-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e4:1
# text = How did the old woman describe her own condition at the conclusion of the tale?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · do-support | the old woman | woman's own condition |  | the conclusion of the tale |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **condition** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | the tale |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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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as the luckiest body hereabouts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = as the luckiest body hereabouts
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	luckiest	lucky	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	hereabouts	hereabout	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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as the luckiest woman who ever lived in this town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = as the luckiest woman who ever lived in this town
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	luckiest	lucky	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the luckiest woman |  |  | this town | ever |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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as the happiest soul in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = as the happiest soul in town
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	happiest	happy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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as the most fortunate old body in all the county

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:243-pg14241-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = as the most fortunate old body in all the county
1	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	fortunate	fortunate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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