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title: A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!»… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!» («Bussin'» and «it ate» mean «really amazing».) What feeling is he showing? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 8 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!» («Bussin'» and «it ate» mean «really amazing».) What feeling is he showing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gen kid, chick video, video, bussin · **What happens:** say, be, eat, show · **To what, where:** bussin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:1
# text = A Gen Alpha kid says the hatching chick video is «bussin', it ate!»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	hatching	hatching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a Gen kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the chick video | bussin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | video |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* («Bussin'» and «it ate» mean «really amazing».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:2
# text = («Bussin'» and «it ate» mean «really amazing».)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bussin	Bussin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | video |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | amazing *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What feeling is he showing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:3
# text = What feeling is he showing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · progressive | bussin |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Wonder at how a chick hatches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:o1:1
# text = Wonder at how a chick hatches
1	Wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hatches	hatch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hatch** | present | a chick |  |  |  |  |  | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP V NP.product PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Boredom with all nature videos

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:o2:1
# text = Boredom with all nature videos
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	videos	video	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fear of chickens and their beaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:o3:1
# text = Fear of chickens and their beaks
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	chickens	chicken	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	beaks	beak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  |  | chickens and chickens's beaks |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hunger for a big omelette for tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t8:o4:1
# text = Hunger for a big omelette for tea
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	omelette	omelette	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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