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title: Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan? — Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

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Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big plan

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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/1155-pg3027-part21/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t3:1
# text = Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Lowkey | the stepmother's big plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Rub the ointment on her daughter's tongue, so she will be mistaken for the real bride.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t3:o1:1
# text = Rub the ointment on her daughter's tongue, so she will be mistaken for the real bride.
1	Rub	rub	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	mistaken	mistake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ointment |  | her daughter's tongue |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on tongue=Destination |
| 2 | **mistake** | future · passive |  | she |  |  |  | for the real bride | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ointment on her daughter's tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t3:o2:1
# text = Ointment on her daughter's tongue
1	Ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Marry her off to the prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t3:o3:1
# text = Marry her off to the prince.
1	Marry	marry	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	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry off** | imperative | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | to the prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to prince=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Put the ointment on her daughter's tongue so the false bride can keep talking.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1155-pg3027-part21:t3:o4:1
# text = Put the ointment on her daughter's tongue so the false bride can keep talking.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
15	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ointment |  | her daughter's tongue |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on tongue=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | can | the false bride |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **talk** | gerund | the false bride *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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