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title: Wait, the stepmom meant the poison for who, anyway? — Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the stepmom meant the poison for who, anyway? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

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Wait, the stepmom meant the poison for who, anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stepmom · **What happens:** wait, mean · **To what, where:** poison

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» 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/1353-pg4018-part13/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t2:1
# text = Wait, the stepmom meant the poison for who, anyway?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poison	poison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | past | the stepmom | the poison |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot poison=Theme for who=Attribute |

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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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Her brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t2:o1:1
# text = Her brother
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t2:o2:1
# text = The Emperor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Hase-Hime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t2:o3:1
# text = Hase-Hime
1	Hase	Hase	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Hime	Hime	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Katoda

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1353-pg4018-part13:t2:o4:1
# text = Katoda
1	Katoda	Katoda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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