---
title: Which of the following describes the mother's treatment of the young… — Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter? Exam question 1 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1078-pg29021-part3/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1078-pg29021-part3/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following describes the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** follow, describe, treat · **To what, where:** treatment, youngest daughter

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» 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/1078-pg29021-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the mother's treatment of the youngest daughter |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme |
| 3 | **treat** |  | the mother | the youngest daughter |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She let her eat at the table and rest often

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = She let her eat at the table and rest often
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | She | her *= she* |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | the table and rest |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She made her eat in the kitchen and work continually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = She made her eat in the kitchen and work continually
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | She | her *= she* |  | the kitchen and work |  | continually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She treated her like a servant, sending her to the well and making her eat alone in the cold kitchen

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = She treated her like a servant, sending her to the well and making her eat alone in the cold kitchen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | She |  | her *= she* |  |  | like a servant | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **send** | gerund | She *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the well |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to well=Destination |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | She *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | the cold kitchen |  | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She made her eat in the kitchen, sleep in the attic and work continually for hours every day

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = She made her eat in the kitchen, sleep in the attic and work continually for hours every day
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	attic	attic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | She | her *= she* |  |  | day | sleep in the attic and work for hours *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1078-pg29021-part3/t12/)
- next →: [Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1078-pg29021-part3/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1078-pg29021-part3/)