What is the purpose of the dashes in this sentence, “During the ‘working’ day, she labored beside-not behind-my father in the fields.”?

Ato highlight the importance of the words ‘not behind’
Cto highlight the importance of the phrase “my father in the fields”
Bto take the place of semi-colons
Dto take the place of periods.

Verified Answer :

The answer would be a because the author is trying to make you know that she was not behind him, but standing next to him.

Answer A is correct, as the others do not make sense.