--- title: Did the king know where the queen was? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the king know where the queen was? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/459-pg22373-part51/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/459-pg22373-part51/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the y… Did the king know where the queen was? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, queen · **What happens:** know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 459 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Vasily and the Whirlwind: the youngest prince tricks Vikhor and frees his mother» 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/459-pg22373-part51/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t12:1 # text = Did the king know where the queen was? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · do-support | the king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the queen | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Yes, the king knew she was hidden behind cushions in the palace hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, the king knew she was hidden behind cushions in the palace hall 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 9 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **hide** | past · passive | | she | | cushions | | in the palace hall | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind cushion=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, the king had no idea where she went after the storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t12:o2:1 # text = No, the king had no idea where she went after the storm 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the king | no idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | she | | | | after the storm | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he knew where ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, he knew where 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, Vikhor took her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:459-pg22373-part51:t12:o4:1 # text = No, Vikhor took her 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Vikhor Vikhor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Vikhor | | her *= she* | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | **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. 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