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# Test 3 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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A teen cousin says, «My life's so mid, nothing ever happens, I'm literally dead.» («Mid» means «average, dull»; «I'm dead» means «I'm so bored».) What might her grandad say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teen cousin, life, Mid, grandad · **What happens:** say, be, happen, mean · **To what, where:** average · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A teen cousin says, «My life's so mid, nothing ever happens, I'm literally dead.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:1
# text = A teen cousin says, «My life's so mid, nothing ever happens, I'm literally dead.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	teen	teen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	conj	_	_
14	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	15	advmod	_	_
15	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teen cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My life |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  | ever |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a teen cousin *= cousin* |  |  |  |  | dead, literally *property* | tree rules |

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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:* («Mid» means «average, dull»; «I'm dead» means «I'm so bored».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:2
# text = («Mid» means «average, dull»; «I'm dead» means «I'm so bored».)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mid	Mid	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	average	average	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mid | average |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a teen cousin *= cousin* |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | Mid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a teen cousin *= cousin* |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What might her grandad say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:3
# text = What might her grandad say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | might | Mid's grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«You should go and find a war»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:o1:1
# text = «You should go and find a war»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | should | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *in a quote* | infinitive | You *not said here* | a war |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Topic |

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

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«Boring is lovely, I'd have given anything for boring»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:o2:1
# text = «Boring is lovely, I'd have given anything for boring»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Boring	boring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Boring |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | would · perfect | I | anything |  |  |  | for boring | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent anything=Theme for boring=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«You're right, safe days are worthless»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:o3:1
# text = «You're right, safe days are worthless»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worthless	worthless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | right safe days |  |  |  |  | worthless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Being bored means you're ill»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t3:o4:1
# text = «Being bored means you're ill»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	csubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

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