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title: What did the stepmum do when her daughter said only "dirty creatures… — Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the stepmum do when her daughter said only "dirty creatures", like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmo…

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What did the stepmum do when her daughter said only "dirty creatures", like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmum, daughter · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** dirty creatures · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» 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/1154-pg3027-part20/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t12:1
# text = What did the stepmum do when her daughter said only "dirty creatures", like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the stepmum |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | her daughter | dirty creatures |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent creature=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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Sent her out to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t12:o1:1
# text = Sent her out to work
1	Sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send out** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Hit her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t12:o2:1
# text = Hit her
1	Hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme |

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

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Beat the stepdaughter with a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t12:o3:1
# text = Beat the stepdaughter with a stick
1	Beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stepdaughter	stepdaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stepdaughter |  |  |  | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stepdaughter=Patient with stick=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Locked her in the shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1154-pg3027-part20:t12:o4:1
# text = Locked her in the shed
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the shed |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

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