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title: Which of these is a keepsake? — What people leave behind · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of these is a keepsake? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · What people leave behind

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Which of these is a keepsake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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/26-what-people-leave-behind/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t10:1
# text = Which of these is a keepsake?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	keepsake	keepsake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a keepsake | tree rules |

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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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Grandad's old watch kept in a drawer to remember him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t10:o1:1
# text = Grandad's old watch kept in a drawer to remember him
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drawer	drawer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | Grandad's old watch *not said here* |  | a drawer |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in drawer=Location |
| 2 | **remember** | to-infinitive |  | Grandad |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A borrowed library book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t10:o2:1
# text = A borrowed library book
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A receipt from the supermarket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t10:o3:1
# text = A receipt from the supermarket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A shiny new watch bought at the shops in town yesterday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:26-what-people-leave-behind:t10:o4:1
# text = A shiny new watch bought at the shops in town yesterday
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  | a shiny new watch  yesterday *not said here* |  | the shops |  | in town | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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