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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daug…

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What does the bride's instruction concerning the wedding meal reveal about her attitude towards her father?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instruction, bride · **What happens:** do, concern, instruct · **To what, where:** instruction, wedding meal reveal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1903 «Fairy Tales, The Dirty Shepherdess: a King's youngest daughter hides in rags, works as a shepherdess, and wins a Prince with a lost ring.» 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/1903-pg7277-part40/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e3:1
# text = What does the bride's instruction concerning the wedding meal reveal about her attitude towards her father?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	reveal	reveal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the bride's instruction |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the bride's instruction *not said here* | the wedding meal reveal |  |  |  | about bride's attitude; towards bride's father | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reveal=Experiencer |
| 3 | **instruct** |  | the bride |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=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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a playful jest about her father's appetite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e3:o1:1
# text = a playful jest about her father's appetite
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jest	jest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	appetite	appetite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a sly attempt to humiliate him in front of the guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e3:o2:1
# text = a sly attempt to humiliate him in front of the guests
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sly	sly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	humiliate	humiliate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **humiliate** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  | front of the guests |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a deliberate rebuke of his earlier harshness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e3:o3:1
# text = a deliberate rebuke of his earlier harshness
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rebuke	rebuke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	harshness	harshness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rebuke** |  |  | his earlier harshness |  |  |  |  | nom rebuke «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a plan to punish the servants for their earlier disrespect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1903-pg7277-part40:e3:o4:1
# text = a plan to punish the servants for their earlier disrespect
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | the servants |  |  |  | for servants's earlier disrespect | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent servant=Patient for disrespect=Theme |
| 2 | **disrespect** |  | servants *= servant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom disrespect «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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