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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

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What is the principal grievance which the wives harbour against their sister-in-law?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal grievance, wives · **What happens:** be, harbour · **To what, where:** principal grievance

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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/1824-pg7128-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e3:1
# text = What is the principal grievance which the wives harbour against their sister-in-law?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grievance	grievance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	harbour	harbour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal grievance |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **harbour** | present | the wives | the principal grievance |  |  |  | against wives's sister in law | tree rules |

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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 failure to tend the family garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = Her failure to tend the family garden
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	tend	tend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | to-infinitive | Her failure | the family garden |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |
| 2 | **fail** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her habit of singing while the family eats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = Her habit of singing while the family eats
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Her habit *not said here* | the family |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location family=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | present | Her habit |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That she is the one who must perform the household duty of cooking for them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = That she is the one who must perform the household duty of cooking for them
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perform** | must | the one | the household duty of cooking |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent duty=Theme for they=Beneficiary |

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

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Her performance of the domestic duty of cooking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = Her performance of the domestic duty of cooking
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** |  | Her *= she* | the domestic duty of cooking |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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