--- title: Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» What is the best… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics description: Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» What is the best reply? Test 2 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/t2/) [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/) / [Life is precious: wonder and gratitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» What is the best reply? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tyler, It, snail innit, best reply · **What happens:** laugh, be, care · **To what, where:** snail innit This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:1 # text = Tyler laughs, «It's just a snail innit, who cares.» 1 Tyler Tyler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughs laugh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cares care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | present | Tyler | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | a snail innit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **care** *in a quote* | present | a snail innit | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 is the best reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:2 # text = What is the best reply? 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 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It's alive and wants to live; don't hurt living things for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:o1:1 # text = It's alive and wants to live; don't hurt living things for fun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 hurt hurt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **hurt** | infinitive · do-support | | living things | | | | for fun | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient | | 5 | **live** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Snails are pests in the garden, so crunching them is actually kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:o2:1 # text = Snails are pests in the garden, so crunching them is actually kind 1 Snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 9 crunching crunch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 actually actually ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Snails | pests | | the garden | | | tree rules | | 2 | **crunch** | gerund | | Snails *= snail* | | | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | crunching | | | | | actually, kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fine, as long as nobody sees you ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:o3:1 # text = Fine, as long as nobody sees you 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 as as ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | nobody | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fine, snails can't feel anything at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t2:o4:1 # text = Fine, snails can't feel anything at all 1 Fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 snails snail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **feel** | can | Fine snails | anything | | all | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at all=Location | **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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