--- title: At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only six… — When someone dies · tree and pragmatics description: At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" Why is she upset? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [When someone dies](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · When someone dies At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" Why is she upset? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Auntie, she · **What happens:** snap, do, be · **To what, where:** wake, you, least, sixty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 24 «When someone dies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. 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/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:1 # text = At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 Auntie Auntie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 snaps snap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | present | Auntie | | | the wake | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Auntie *not said here* | you | | least | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Auntie | sixty | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is she upset? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:2 # text = Why is she upset? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 upset upset ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | upset *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} "At least" can feel like her sadness is being made smaller ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:o1:1 # text = "At least" can feel like her sadness is being made smaller 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 like like SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 13 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | can | | | | least | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at least=Location | | 2 | **make** | present · passive | | her sadness | | | | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} She thinks sixty is too young to retire ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:o2:1 # text = She thinks sixty is too young to retire 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 retire retire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | sixty | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **retire** | to-infinitive | sixty *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is cross that someone is wearing the wrong colour ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:o3:1 # text = She is cross that someone is wearing the wrong colour 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wear** | present · progressive | someone | the wrong colour | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent colour=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} She does not like the food at the wake ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:24-when-someone-dies:t6:o4:1 # text = She does not like the food at the wake 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | She | the food | | the wake | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme | **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. 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