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description: In the tale, what instruction did the deceased mother give to her daughter before her death? Exam question 1 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother se…

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In the tale, what instruction did the deceased mother give to her daughter before her death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instruction · **What happens:** decease, give, die · **To what, where:** daughter, tale

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» 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/759-pg2591-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e1:1
# text = In the tale, what instruction did the deceased mother give to her daughter before her death?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	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	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	before	before	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	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **give** | past · do-support |  |  | instruction's daughter | the tale | before instruction's death |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient |
| 3 | **die** |  | instruction |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To remain a virtuous and obedient girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = To remain a virtuous and obedient girl
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	virtuous	virtuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	obedient	obedient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  | a virtuous girl |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To seek a wealthy husband without delay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = To seek a wealthy husband without delay
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	delay	delay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive |  | a wealthy husband |  |  |  | without delay | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To refuse all work in the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = To refuse all work in the household
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refuse	refuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | to-infinitive |  | all work |  | the household |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To attend every feast in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = To attend every feast in the land
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	attend	attend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  | every feast |  | the land |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Goal |

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