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title: Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pe… — When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.» («Grand» means «fine, all right».) What should Lily understand? Test 5 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 a
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# Test 5 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

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Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.» («Grand» means «fine, all right».) What should Lily understand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, Thumper, Grand, Lily · **What happens:** say, go, mean, understand · **To what, where:** better place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» 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/55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:1
# text = Lily's uncle in Cork says, «Ah, Thumper's gone to a better place, pet, grand so.»
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	Thumper	Thumper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
22	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lily's uncle in Cork |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · passive | Thumper |  |  | a better place and pet |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location |

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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:* («Grand» means «fine, all right».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:2
# text = («Grand» means «fine, all right».)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Grand	Grand	PROPN	NNP	_	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	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Grand |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What should Lily understand?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:3
# text = What should Lily understand?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understand** | should | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Thumper is living with a better family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:o1:1
# text = Thumper is living with a better family
1	Thumper	thumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present · progressive | Thumper |  |  |  |  | with a better family | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thumper has gone on holiday to Cork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:o2:1
# text = Thumper has gone on holiday to Cork
1	Thumper	thumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · perfect | Thumper |  | Cork | holiday |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cork=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thumper will be back home when the weather is grand again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:o3:1
# text = Thumper will be back home when the weather is grand again
1	Thumper	thumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | Thumper |  |  |  |  | back, home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the weather |  |  |  | again | grand *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Thumper has died; the words are a gentle way to say it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t5:o4:1
# text = Thumper has died; the words are a gentle way to say it
1	Thumper	thumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · perfect | Thumper |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the words | a gentle way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Thumper *not said here* | Thumper |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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