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title: To what did the daughter compare her affection for her father? — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what did the daughter compare her affection for her father? Exam question 3 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev…

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To what did the daughter compare her affection for her father?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughter · **What happens:** compare · **To what, where:** affection

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e3:1
# text = To what did the daughter compare her affection for her father?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | past · do-support | the daughter | daughter's affection |  |  |  | for daughter's father | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=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 {#o1}

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a loaf's love of honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e3:o1:1
# text = a loaf's love of honey
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  | a loaf | honey |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the way the sea loves the moon and tide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e3:o2:1
# text = the way the sea loves the moon and tide
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | the sea | the way |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a hen's love of corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e3:o3:1
# text = a hen's love of corn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  | a hen | corn |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

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fresh meat's love of salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e3:o4:1
# text = fresh meat's love of salt
1	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  | fresh meat | salt |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling 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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