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title: Isla's two friends are arguing loudly over whether Grandad is "in he… — Grief has no timetable: houses, annive… · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla's two friends are arguing loudly over whether Grandad is "in heaven" or "just nowhere". What would help Isla more? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2 «Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big questions» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big ques…

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Isla's two friends are arguing loudly over whether Grandad is "in heaven" or "just nowhere". What would help Isla more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two friends, Grandad · **What happens:** argue, be, help · **To what, where:** heaven, Isla · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2 «Grief has no timetable: houses, anniversaries and big questions» of the reflection 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/reflection/2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla's two friends are arguing loudly over whether Grandad is "in heaven" or "just nowhere".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:1
# text = Isla's two friends are arguing loudly over whether Grandad is "in heaven" or "just nowhere".
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · progressive | Isla's two friends |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Grandad |  |  | heaven |  |  | 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 would help Isla more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:2
# text = What would help Isla more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  | Isla |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent isla=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Shouting louder than both of them until they stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:o1:1
# text = Shouting louder than both of them until they stop
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	than	than	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Choosing one friend to win and never speaking to the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:o2:1
# text = Choosing one friend to win and never speaking to the other
1	Choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | gerund |  | one friend |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | one friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the other | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to other=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Agreeing that her grandad's life did not matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:o3:1
# text = Agreeing that her grandad's life did not matter
1	Agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | past · do-support | Agreeing |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Hearing different beliefs kindly and deciding he lives on in her memories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:2-grief-has-no-timetable-houses-anniversaries-and-big-questions:t5:o4:1
# text = Hearing different beliefs kindly and deciding he lives on in her memories
1	Hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund |  | different beliefs |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer belief=Stimulus |
| 2 | **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live on** | present | he |  |  | her memories |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in memory=Location |

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