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title: apparently some kids were giggling at a funeral and the family's sti… — Quiet places and solemn moments · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently some kids were giggling at a funeral and the family's still upset like years later. what's the real lesson? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 18 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments

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apparently some kids were giggling at a funeral and the family's still upset like years later. what's the real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** giggle, be · **To what, where:** funeral, real lesson

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 224 «Quiet places and solemn moments» of the everyday 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/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t18:1
# text = apparently some kids were giggling at a funeral and the family's still upset like years later. what's the real lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
19	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giggle** | past · progressive | some kids |  |  | a funeral |  | apparently *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the real lesson |  |  |  |  | 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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Stay quiet at funerals; noise can hurt grieving people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t18:o1:1
# text = Stay quiet at funerals; noise can hurt grieving people
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | funerals |  | quiet *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |
| 2 | **hurt** | can | noise |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grieve** | gerund | noise *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only adults need to be quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t18:o2:1
# text = Only adults need to be quiet
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | adults |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | adults *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Families forget it straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t18:o3:1
# text = Families forget it straight away
1	Families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Families | it |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Funerals are fine to joke at

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t18:o4:1
# text = Funerals are fine to joke at
1	Funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	joke	joke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Funerals |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: 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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