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title: A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, ca… — Getting old: how long people and anima… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?» What is true? Test 2 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
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# Test 2 · Getting old: how long people and animals live

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A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Z cousin, Grandad, walking, docs · **What happens:** say, walk, be, not fix · **To what, where:** ageing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:1
# text = A Gen Z cousin says, «Grandad walking with a stick is lowkey sad, can't the docs just fix ageing, no cap?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	docs	doc	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
21	just	just	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	fix	fix	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
23	ageing	ageing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	26	det	_	_
26	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a Z cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | gerund | Grandad |  |  |  |  | with a stick | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | walking |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **fix** *in a quote* | can | the docs | ageing |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent ageing=Patient |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Doctors help people stay well longer, but nobody can stop ageing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:o1:1
# text = Doctors help people stay well longer, but nobody can stop ageing
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
12	ageing	ageing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Doctors | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long, well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** | can | nobody | ageing |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ageing=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, doctors can now reverse ageing completely with a simple pill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, doctors can now reverse ageing completely with a simple pill
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	reverse	reverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	ageing	age	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pill	pill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reverse** | can | doctors |  |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **age** | gerund | doctors *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a simple pill; completely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pill=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, but only for rich grandads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only for rich grandads
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grandads	grandad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, doctors never help old people at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:52-getting-old-how-long-people-and-animals-live:t2:o4:1
# text = No, doctors never help old people at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | present | doctors |  | old people | all |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |

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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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