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title: Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?» What should she do? — Accidents, wars and deaths on the news · tree and pragmatics
description: Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?» What should she do? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

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Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?» What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Molly, Dad · **What happens:** sob, be, do · **To what, where:** work

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» 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/60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:1
# text = Molly sobs, «Is Dad gonna die at work?»
1	Molly	Molly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sobs	sob	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	dep	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sob** | present | Molly |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dad |  |  | work |  | die *property* | tree rules |

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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 should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:2
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | should | Molly |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ask Dad to never go to work again, ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:o1:1
# text = Ask Dad to never go to work again, ever
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  | ever |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ask Dad how firefighters stay safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:o2:1
# text = Ask Dad how firefighters stay safe
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	firefighters	firefighter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Dad |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
| 2 | **stay** | present | firefighters |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Watch every single fire on the news, to check on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:o3:1
# text = Watch every single fire on the news, to check on him
1	Watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | imperative | you *not said here* | every single fire |  | the news |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hide Dad's uniform so that he can't go to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:60-accidents-wars-and-deaths-on-the-news:t8:o4:1
# text = Hide Dad's uniform so that he can't go to work
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | Dad's uniform |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uniform=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **go** | can | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | Dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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