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description: A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!" Is he right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

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A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!" Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man, That · **What happens:** shoo off, be, show · **To what, where:** you, memorial, respect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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/25-funerals-and-remembering/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:1
# text = A man shoos you off a bench: "That's someone's memorial, show some respect!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shoos	shoo	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	memorial	memorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoo off** | present | a man | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | someone's memorial |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | some respect |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | man |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, only the family may ever sit there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, only the family may ever sit there
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | may | the family |  |  | there | ever |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, memorial benches are meant to be sat on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:o2:1
# text = No, memorial benches are meant to be sat on
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	memorial	memorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	benches	bench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | memorial benches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit on** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, memorial benches are only for looking at

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, memorial benches are only for looking at
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	memorial	memorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	benches	bench	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | memorial benches |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because the bench belongs to the council

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:25-funerals-and-remembering:t11:o4:1
# text = No, because the bench belongs to the council
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | the bench |  |  |  |  | to the council | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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