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title: Ascertain the name by which the Queen of Sheba is known in the Ethio… — Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one st… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the name by which the Queen of Sheba is known in the Ethiopian tradition of «The Glory of the Kings». Exam question 4 of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 4 · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

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Ascertain the name by which the Queen of Sheba is known in the Ethiopian tradition of «The Glory of the Kings».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, name · **What happens:** ascertain, know · **To what, where:** name, Queen, Ethiopian tradition

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the name by which the Queen of Sheba is known in the Ethiopian tradition of «The Glory of the Kings».
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Sheba	Sheba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Ethiopian	ethiopian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Glory	Glory	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Kings	King	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the name |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present · passive | the name | the Queen of Sheba |  | the Ethiopian tradition of the Glory of the Kings |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Bilqis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:e4:o1:1
# text = Bilqis
1	Bilqis	Bilqis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Esther

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:e4:o2:1
# text = Esther
1	Esther	esther	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Makeda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:e4:o3:1
# text = Makeda
1	Makeda	Makeda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Balkis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:e4:o4:1
# text = Balkis
1	Balkis	Balkis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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