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description: Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.» Why is this fair? Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies

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Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.» Why is this fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, everyone, this · **What happens:** wish, pray, do, keep, be

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:1
# text = Sam's teacher, formally: «Those who wish to pray for Peanut may do so; everyone else may keep a moment of quiet.»
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wish	wish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Peanut	peanut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	22	nsubj	_	_
20	else	else	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pray** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for Peanut | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for peanut=Theme |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | may | Sam's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | may | everyone |  |  |  | moment |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: 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:* Why is this fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:2
# text = Why is this fair?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It makes all the non-praying children leave the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:o1:1
# text = It makes all the non-praying children leave the room
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	non-praying	non-praying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **leave** | present | all non-praying children | the room |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It forces every single child in the class to pray

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:o2:1
# text = It forces every single child in the class to pray
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It forbids anyone at all to pray at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:o3:1
# text = It forbids anyone at all to pray at school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present | It | anyone |  | all |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | school |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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

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It lets each child share in their own way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:55-when-a-small-pet-dies-fish-hamsters-and-budgies:t9:o4:1
# text = It lets each child share in their own way
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | It | each child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** | infinitive | each child *not said here* |  |  | their own way |  |  | tree rules |

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