--- title: «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. What would be a kin… — Getting old: how long people and anima… · tree and pragmatics description: «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. What would be a kinder way to ask about her long life? Test 1 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live/t1/) [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/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Getting old: how long people and anima…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live/) / t1 # Test 1 · Getting old: how long people and animals live «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. What would be a kinder way to ask about her long life? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 100, Charlie · **What happens:** not be, blurt, be, ask · **To what, where:** kinder way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 52 «Getting old: how long people and animals live» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:1 # text = «100!!! how is she not dead yet» blurts Charlie. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 !!! !!! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 blurts blurt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Charlie Charlie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | 100 | | | | yet | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **blurt** *speech: other* | present | Charlie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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 would be a kinder way to ask about her long life? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:2 # text = What would be a kinder way to ask about her long life? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 kinder kind ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | | a kinder way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | | | | about Charlie's long life | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about life=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «Can I have your house when you go?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:o1:1 # text = «Can I have your house when you go?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | can | I | your house | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} «Are you going to die tomorrow, then, Gran?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:o2:1 # text = «Are you going to die tomorrow, then, Gran?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | Gran | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | tomorrow | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «What was it like when you were small?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:o3:1 # text = «What was it like when you were small?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 like like SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Why are you still here?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t1:o4:1 # text = «Why are you still here?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | still | here *property* | tree rules | **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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