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# Test 10 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Jem: «Mom's been sad for weeks since Grandpa died, is she gonna be sad forever?» What's truer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mom, Grandpa, Jem · **What happens:** be, die

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» 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/514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Jem: «Mom's been sad for weeks since Grandpa died, is she gonna be sad forever?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:1
# text = Jem: «Mom's been sad for weeks since Grandpa died, is she gonna be sad forever?»
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	18	dep	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Mom |  |  |  | week | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | past | Grandpa |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Jem |  |  |  |  | forever, 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:* What's truer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:2
# text = What's truer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	truer	true	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She'll be sad every single day forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:o1:1
# text = She'll be sad every single day forever
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | She |  |  |  | day | forever, sad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jem made her sad and should keep out of her way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:o2:1
# text = Jem made her sad and should keep out of her way
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Jem | her *= she* |  |  |  | sad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |
| 2 | **keep out** | should | Jem *not said here* | Jem's way |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She'll be fine by tomorrow morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:o3:1
# text = She'll be fine by tomorrow morning
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | She |  |  |  | morning | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Grief can last a long time and slowly gets easier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t10:o4:1
# text = Grief can last a long time and slowly gets easier
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | can | Grief |  |  |  | time |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | Grief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easy, slowly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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