--- title: At a funeral in Cork, a girl is not sure when to sit or stand. What… — Quiet places and solemn moments · tree and pragmatics description: At a funeral in Cork, a girl is not sure when to sit or stand. What should she do? Test 8 · ★ 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 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/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/t8/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Quiet places and solemn moments](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Quiet places and solemn moments At a funeral in Cork, a girl is not sure when to sit or stand. What should she do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** not be, sit, stand, do · **To what, where:** funeral This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* At a funeral in Cork, a girl is not sure when to sit or stand. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:1 # text = At a funeral in Cork, a girl is not sure when to sit or stand. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Cork Cork PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | a girl | | | a funeral in Cork | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | a girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** | infinitive | a girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* What should she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:2 # text = What should she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Follow the family's lead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:o1:1 # text = Follow the family's lead 1 Follow follow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the family's lead | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stand up the whole time, just in case ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:o2:1 # text = Stand up the whole time, just in case 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | case | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in case=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask loudly what to do ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:o3:1 # text = Ask loudly what to do 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leave early ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:224-quiet-places-and-solemn-moments:t8:o4:1 # text = Leave early 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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