"know whether one is Arthur or Martha" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows whether one is Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing whether one is Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew whether one was Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known whether one was Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "know<,,knew,known> whether one is<is,is,was> Arthur or Martha"
      },
      "expansion": "know whether one is Arthur or Martha (third-person singular simple present knows whether one is Arthur or Martha, present participle knowing whether one is Arthur or Martha, simple past knew whether one was Arthur or Martha, past participle known whether one was Arthur or Martha)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Zealand English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mind",
          "orig": "en:Mind",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Helen Garner, The First Stone: 25th Anniversary Edition, Picador Australia",
          "text": "His impression was that practically everyone at the party had been drinking on the night in question, and 'wouldn't have known whether they were Arthur or Martha.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Dawn Eagle, Eliza and the Blue Rose, Xlibris Corporation, page 266",
          "text": "'For an hour or two after he's had that, he doesn't know whether he's Arthur or Martha.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Marie-Therese Gould (Stein), Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay: A Journey From Mitchell to Ma’s, Xlibris Corporation, page 241",
          "text": "The poor little darling had so many mothers; she didn't know whether she was Arthur or Martha!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in a clear state of mind."
      ],
      "id": "en-know_whether_one_is_Arthur_or_Martha-en-verb-PX-TuXbI",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To be in a clear state of mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know whether one is Arthur or Martha"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knows whether one is Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knowing whether one is Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knew whether one was Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "known whether one was Arthur or Martha",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "know<,,knew,known> whether one is<is,is,was> Arthur or Martha"
      },
      "expansion": "know whether one is Arthur or Martha (third-person singular simple present knows whether one is Arthur or Martha, present participle knowing whether one is Arthur or Martha, simple past knew whether one was Arthur or Martha, past participle known whether one was Arthur or Martha)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "Australian English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English negative polarity items",
        "English rhyming phrases",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "New Zealand English",
        "en:Mind"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Helen Garner, The First Stone: 25th Anniversary Edition, Picador Australia",
          "text": "His impression was that practically everyone at the party had been drinking on the night in question, and 'wouldn't have known whether they were Arthur or Martha.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Dawn Eagle, Eliza and the Blue Rose, Xlibris Corporation, page 266",
          "text": "'For an hour or two after he's had that, he doesn't know whether he's Arthur or Martha.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Marie-Therese Gould (Stein), Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay: A Journey From Mitchell to Ma’s, Xlibris Corporation, page 241",
          "text": "The poor little darling had so many mothers; she didn't know whether she was Arthur or Martha!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be in a clear state of mind."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To be in a clear state of mind."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "know whether one is Arthur or Martha"
}