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title: Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral. Which is a good way to remem… — Dementia and the first death in the fa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral. Which is a good way to remember Nani? Test 9 · ★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family

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Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral. Which is a good way to remember Nani?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Aziza · **What happens:** be, miss, remember · **To what, where:** funeral, good way, Nani

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:1
# text = Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral.
1	Aziza	Aziza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	Nani	Nani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Aziza |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **miss** | past | Aziza | Nani's funeral |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer funeral=Stimulus |

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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 is a good way to remember Nani?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:2
# text = Which is a good way to remember Nani?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	Nani	Nani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** | to-infinitive |  | Nani |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nani=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Forgetting Nani as quickly as possible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:o1:1
# text = Forgetting Nani as quickly as possible
1	Forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	Nani	Nani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund |  | Nani |  |  |  | quickly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pretending Nani is still alive and well in Pakistan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:o2:1
# text = Pretending Nani is still alive and well in Pakistan
1	Pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	Nani	Nani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  | Nani |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Pretending |  |  | Pakistan | still | alive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never mentioning Nani again at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:o3:1
# text = Never mentioning Nani again at home
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	mentioning	mention	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	Nani	Nani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | gerund |  | Nani |  | home | again |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nani=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Praying and looking at her photo with family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:514-dementia-and-the-first-death-in-the-family:t9:o4:1
# text = Praying and looking at her photo with family
1	Praying	pray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at her photo with family | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme |

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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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