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title: Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest da… — Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest daughter as presented in the opening passage of the first tale. Exam question 4 of lesson 1477 «Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the fountain, one gets pearls and diamonds, the other gets snakes and toads» of the books 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the founta…

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Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest daughter as presented in the opening passage of the first tale.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, first tale · **What happens:** describe, present, pass · **To what, where:** relationship, opening passage

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1477 «Fairy Tales, Toads and Diamonds: two sisters at the fountain, one gets pearls and diamonds, the other gets snakes and toads» 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/1477-pg503-part64/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1477-pg503-part64:e4:1
# text = Describe the relationship between the stepmother and the youngest daughter as presented in the opening passage of the first tale.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	opening	opening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	20	amod	_	_
20	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the relationship and the youngest daughter |  |  |  | between the stepmother | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent relationship=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | the opening passage of the first tale |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pass** |  | the first tale |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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The mother showed a gentle, loving regard for the youngest daughter and often praised her efforts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1477-pg503-part64:e4:o1:1
# text = The mother showed a gentle, loving regard for the youngest daughter and often praised her efforts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	loving	loving	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	efforts	effort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the mother | a gentle loving regard |  |  |  | for the youngest daughter | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent regard=Recipient |
| 2 | **praise** | past | the mother *not said here* | mother's efforts |  |  |  | often *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Theme |

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

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The mother held a cruel aversion for the youngest daughter and made her labour continually

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1477-pg503-part64:e4:o2:1
# text = The mother held a cruel aversion for the youngest daughter and made her labour continually
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	aversion	aversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the mother | a cruel aversion |  |  |  | for the youngest daughter | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aversion=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | the mother *not said here* | mother's labour |  |  |  | continually *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset labour=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mother loved her dearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1477-pg503-part64:e4:o3:1
# text = The mother loved her dearly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the mother | her *= she* |  |  |  | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mother kept a sharp dislike for the youngest daughter and set her to work without pause

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1477-pg503-part64:e4:o4:1
# text = The mother kept a sharp dislike for the youngest daughter and set her to work without pause
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	pause	pause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the mother | a sharp dislike |  |  |  | for the youngest daughter | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | past | the mother *not said here* | mother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | the mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | without pause | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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