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title: Ascertain the meaning of the expression «gone to a better place» as… — When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the meaning of the expression «gone to a better place» as employed in respect of a deceased pet. Exam question 4 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

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Ascertain the meaning of the expression «gone to a better place» as employed in respect of a deceased pet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, go, employ, decease, respect · **To what, where:** meaning, better place, respect, deceased pet

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the meaning of the expression «gone to a better place» as employed in respect of a deceased pet.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	deceased	decease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | participle |  | the meaning *not said here* |  | a better place |  | of the expression | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of expression=Initial\_Location to place=Destination |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  | respect of a deceased pet |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **decease** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **respect** |  |  | a deceased pet |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the animal has escaped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:e4:o1:1
# text = That the animal has escaped
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present · perfect · passive |  | that animal |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the animal has been rehomed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:e4:o2:1
# text = That the animal has been rehomed
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rehomed	rehom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rehom** | present · perfect · passive |  | that animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the animal has been sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:e4:o3:1
# text = That the animal has been sold
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present · perfect · passive |  | that animal |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the animal has died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:e4:o4:1
# text = That the animal has died
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · perfect | that animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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