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title: To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from he… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from her household? Exam question 3 of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…

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To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from her household?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** do, remove · **To what, where:** mother consent, household, son

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» 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/1351-pg4018-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e3:1
# text = To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from her household?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	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 | end | the mother consent |  | end's household |  | to the removal of end's son | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remove** |  |  | end's son |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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So that he could serve the lord at the Capital as a samurai

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = So that he could serve the lord at the Capital as a samurai
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Capital	Capital	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	samurai	samurai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | could | he | the lord |  | the Capital |  | as a samurai | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lord=Duration as samurai=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To fulfil her life's wish and see him rise high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = To fulfil her life's wish and see him rise high
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive |  | her life's wish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rise** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wish** |  | her life |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To fulfil her life's wish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = To fulfil her life's wish
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive |  | her life's wish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wish** |  | her life |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To keep her family safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = To keep her family safe
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | her family |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |

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**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.

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