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title: Isla's cousin teases, «You don't eat lamb? That's well peng... NOT.»… — Why living things die, and the circle… · tree and pragmatics
description: Isla's cousin teases, «You don't eat lamb? That's well peng... NOT.» («Peng» means «great», said sarcastically.) What is the fair view? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Test 8 · ★ · Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature

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Isla's cousin teases, «You don't eat lamb? That's well peng... NOT.» («Peng» means «great», said sarcastically.) What is the fair view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, You, That, Peng, fair view · **What happens:** tease, not eat, be, mean, say · **To what, where:** lamb, peng, great · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Why living things die, and the circle of life in nature» 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/53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Isla's cousin teases, «You don't eat lamb?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:1
# text = Isla's cousin teases, «You don't eat lamb?
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	teases	tease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | present | Isla's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | present · do-support | You | lamb |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=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:* That's well peng...

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:2
# text = That's well peng...
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	peng	peng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | peng |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* NOT.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:3
# text = NOT.»
1	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 4:* («Peng» means «great», said sarcastically.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:4
# text = («Peng» means «great», said sarcastically.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Peng	Peng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	sarcastically	sarcastically	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Peng | great |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Peng *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sarcastically *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 5:* What is the fair view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:5
# text = What is the fair view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fair view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Everybody who eats any meat is cruel and should be ashamed of themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:o1:1
# text = Everybody who eats any meat is cruel and should be ashamed of themselves
1	Everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present |  | any meat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | Everybody |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | should | Everybody *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of themselves *= they*; ashamed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Eating meat or not is a choice; respect people who choose differently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:o2:1
# text = Eating meat or not is a choice; respect people who choose differently
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present |  | a choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** | infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus |
| 4 | **choose** | present | people |  |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only grown-ups may choose what they eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:o3:1
# text = Only grown-ups may choose what they eat
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | may | grown ups |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** | present | ups *= up* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Not eating lamb is silly and childish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:53-why-living-things-die-and-the-circle-of-life:t8:o4:1
# text = Not eating lamb is silly and childish
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	childish	childish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | gerund |  | lamb |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | eating |  |  |  |  | silly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | eating *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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