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title: A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven… — When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond. What is the truthful note? Test 8 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 and of each o
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# Test 8 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

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A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond. What is the truthful note?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, truthful note · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** dead goldfish

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:1
# text = A cartoon shows a dead goldfish with halo and harp in a «fish heaven» pond.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	halo	halo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | a dead goldfish |  |  | with halo and harp in a heaven pond | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent goldfish=Recipient |

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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:* What is the truthful note?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:2
# text = What is the truthful note?
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	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truthful note |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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This is exactly what happens to every fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:o1:1
# text = This is exactly what happens to every fish
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | This |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to every fish | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fish heaven is in the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:o2:1
# text = Fish heaven is in the Bible
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fish heaven |  |  | the Bible |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nobody knows for sure what happens to animals; beliefs differ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:o3:1
# text = Nobody knows for sure what happens to animals; beliefs differ
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Nobody |  |  |  |  | for sure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to animals | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **differ** | present | beliefs |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fish turn into angels after one week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t8:o4:1
# text = Fish turn into angels after one week
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Fish |  |  |  | week | into angels *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into angel=Result |

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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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