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title: What is the step-mother's principal undertaking following her apology? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the step-mother's principal undertaking following her apology? Exam question 4 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

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What is the step-mother's principal undertaking following her apology?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, undertake, follow · **To what, where:** apology

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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/1363-pg4018-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e4:1
# text = What is the step-mother's principal undertaking following her apology?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | principal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **undertake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  | her apology |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	wholeheartedly	wholeheartedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cherish** | infinitive |  | the girl |  |  |  | wholeheartedly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To care for the girl most dearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = To care for the girl most dearly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	care	care	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the girl; dearly *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for girl=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly, and to hand over all her household money to the girl

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly, and to hand over all her household money to the girl
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	wholeheartedly	wholeheartedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hand	hand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cherish** | infinitive |  | the girl |  |  |  | wholeheartedly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |
| 3 | **hand** | to-infinitive |  |  | the girl | girl's household money |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to girl=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To serve the girl and her father each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = To serve the girl and her father each day
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
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	4	conj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | to-infinitive |  | the girl and her father |  |  | day |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Attribute |

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