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title: Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold». What's true? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, that · **What happens:** not cry, be · **To what, where:** funeral

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:1
# text = Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold».
1	Wilf	Wilf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
20	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past · do-support | you |  |  | your grandad's funeral |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | cold, well *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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 {#o1}

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He should have cried on purpose so people saw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:o1:1
# text = He should have cried on purpose so people saw
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | should · perfect | He |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location |
| 2 | **see** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone must cry at a funeral

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:o2:1
# text = Everyone must cry at a funeral
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | must | Everyone |  |  | a funeral |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not crying doesn't mean you don't care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:o3:1
# text = Not crying doesn't mean you don't care
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | crying |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **care** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Not crying means you're heartless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t4:o4:1
# text = Not crying means you're heartless
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	heartless	heartless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | heartless *property* | tree rules |

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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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