this is the screenshot from reddit. how can i make connection with the topic and answers in a pecking order?

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If i understand the question correctly, then the answers table would be something like this.
Basically you store the main question id along with the answer and store the parent id of the answer, if its a reply/nested answer. If its a top level answer, it would be 0.