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title: Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza? Do… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics
description: Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza? Don't be soft, la.» («Soft» means «silly».) What is the fair answer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 1 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza? Don't be soft, la.» («Soft» means «silly».) What is the fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, God, soft, fair answer · **What happens:** say, care, not be, mean, be · **To what, where:** silly · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:1
# text = Daisy's brother, a proper Scouser, says, «God caring about pizza?
1	Daisy	Daisy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Scouser	scouser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	ccomp	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Daisy's brother and a proper Scouser |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **care** *in a quote* | gerund | God |  |  |  |  | about pizza | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about pizza=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:* Don't be soft, la.» («Soft» means «silly».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:2
# text = Don't be soft, la.» («Soft» means «silly».)
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	la.	La.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Soft	Soft	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | Soft *obl*; soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | soft | silly |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silly=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:3
# text = What is the fair answer?
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	answer	answer	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 answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He is right, small thanks don't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:o1:1
# text = He is right, small thanks don't count
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | small thanks |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Thankfulness for little things is still real thankfulness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:o2:1
# text = Thankfulness for little things is still real thankfulness
1	Thankfulness	thankfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thankfulness	thankfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Thankfulness for little things | real thankfulness |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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God only cares about pizza on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:o3:1
# text = God only cares about pizza on Sundays
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pizza	pizza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | God |  |  |  | sunday | about pizza | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about pizza=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thanks must always be for something huge, like a new house or a car

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t1:o4:1
# text = Thanks must always be for something huge, like a new house or a car
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for something | tree rules |

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