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description: What was the principal motive of the daughter in concealing the mirror upon her father's entrance? Exam question 1 of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

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What was the principal motive of the daughter in concealing the mirror upon her father's entrance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, conceal · **To what, where:** principal motive, mirror, entrance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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/1362-pg4018-part22/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:e1:1
# text = What was the principal motive of the daughter in concealing the mirror upon her father's entrance?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	concealing	conceal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal motive |  |  |  | of the daughter | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** | gerund |  | the mirror |  | her father's entrance |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient upon entrance=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To preserve inviolate her mother's final promise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:e1:o1:1
# text = To preserve inviolate her mother's final promise
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inviolate	inviolate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **inviolate** | infinitive |  | her mother's final promise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** |  | her mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To prevent her stepmother from ever learning about the sacred object that her late mother had gifted her before dying

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:e1:o2:1
# text = To prevent her stepmother from ever learning about the sacred object that her late mother had gifted her before dying
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prevent	prevent	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	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	gifted	gift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive |  | her stepmother |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer stepmother=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  |  | ever | about the sacred object | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about object=Topic |
| 3 | **gift** | past · perfect · passive |  | stepmother's late mother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **die** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To shield the object from her father's temper, which had grown harsh since her mother's sudden and painful death

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:e1:o3:1
# text = To shield the object from her father's temper, which had grown harsh since her mother's sudden and painful death
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shield	shield	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	harsh	harsh	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	since	since	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
22	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shield** | to-infinitive |  | the object |  | her father's temper | since her mother's sudden death |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | past · perfect | her father's temper |  |  |  |  | harsh *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **temper** |  | her father |  |  |  |  |  | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **die** |  | her mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To protect the family's secret mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:e1:o4:1
# text = To protect the family's secret mirror
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the family's secret mirror |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Beneficiary |

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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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