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title: Aidan's mam tells him, «We'll go to the house to pay our respects, l… — When a friend's mum or dad dies: what… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aidan's mam tells him, «We'll go to the house to pay our respects, love.» Aidan whispers, «I don't wanna see a dead body.» What is true? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do

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Aidan's mam tells him, «We'll go to the house to pay our respects, love.» Aidan whispers, «I don't wanna see a dead body.» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mam, We, Aidan · **What happens:** tell, go, pay, whisper, not wanna, see · **To what, where:** Aidan, house, respects, dead body · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «When a friend's mum or dad dies: what to say and do» 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/61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aidan's mam tells him, «We'll go to the house to pay our respects, love.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:1
# text = Aidan's mam tells him, «We'll go to the house to pay our respects, love.»
1	Aidan	Aidan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	respects	respects	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Aidan's mam |  | Aidan |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | future | We |  |  | the house |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | our respects and love |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset |

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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:* Aidan whispers, «I don't wanna see a dead body.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:2
# text = Aidan whispers, «I don't wanna see a dead body.»
1	Aidan	Aidan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whispers	whisper	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	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	wanna	wanna	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Aidan |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **wanna** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Aidan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | Aidan *not said here* | a dead body |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer body=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:3
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He can stay close to his mam and needn't look at the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:o1:1
# text = He can stay close to his mam and needn't look at the body
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	need	need	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | can | He |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **look** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the body | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at body=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Children can never go to a wake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:o2:1
# text = Children can never go to a wake
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wake	wake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | can | Children |  |  | a wake |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to wake=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The body will talk to the visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:o3:1
# text = The body will talk to the visitors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | future | the body |  |  |  |  | to the visitors | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to visitor=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He has to touch the body or it's rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:61-when-a-friends-mum-or-dad-dies-what-to-say-and-do:t6:o4:1
# text = He has to touch the body or it's rude
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the body |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme body=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | body |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

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