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title: Lily: "Is it wrong to have my party when people are sad far away?" W… — Scary news: wars, disasters and how to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily: "Is it wrong to have my party when people are sad far away?" Which answer is true? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 10 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them

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Lily: "Is it wrong to have my party when people are sad far away?" Which answer is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, people, answer · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** party · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily: "Is it wrong to have my party when people are sad far away?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:1
# text = Lily: "Is it wrong to have my party when people are sad far away?"
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
15	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Lily |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | my party |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | people |  |  |  |  | away, sad *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which answer is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:2
# text = Which answer is true?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No; you can be happy and still care, like putting a coin in the charity box

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:o1:1
# text = No; you can be happy and still care, like putting a coin in the charity box
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | you |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **care** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **put** | gerund | you *not said here* | a coin |  | the charity box |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent coin=Theme in box=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, because faraway people don't matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:o2:1
# text = No, because faraway people don't matter
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	faraway	faraway	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | faraway people |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes; fun is banned until every war is over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes; fun is banned until every war is over
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | fun |  |  | until every war |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes; having a party while others are sad will make things worse over there

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes; having a party while others are sad will make things worse over there
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | a party |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | others |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | future | having | things |  | there |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |

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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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