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title: where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up? — Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride… · tree and pragmatics
description: where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 8 · ★ · Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the…

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where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wicked step mom · **What happens:** be, end up

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1577 «Grimm, The True Bride: the false bride is unmasked and the true bride wins her king» 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/1577-pg540-part74/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:t8:1
# text = where did the wicked step-mom and step-sister end up?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wicked step mom and step sister |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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locked up in the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:t8:o1:1
# text = locked up in the cellar
1	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock up** | participle |  |  |  | the cellar |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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flung into the snake pit with the wicked sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:t8:o2:1
# text = flung into the snake pit with the wicked sister
1	flung	fling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | participle |  |  |  | the snake pit with the wicked sister |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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flung into the snake pit to be eaten by snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:t8:o3:1
# text = flung into the snake pit to be eaten by snakes
1	flung	fling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | participle |  |  |  | the snake pit |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive · passive | snakes |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
flung into the snake pit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1577-pg540-part74:t8:o4:1
# text = flung into the snake pit
1	flung	fling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | participle |  |  |  | the snake pit |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into pit=Destination |

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