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title: Cousin Jack from Manchester reads his poem: «Me grandad were sound,… — The church funeral · tree and pragmatics
description: Cousin Jack from Manchester reads his poem: «Me grandad were sound, he fell in t'pond once, proper soaked!» («Sound» means «a good person».) Everyone laughs. Is that okay? Test 4 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 4 · The church funeral

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Cousin Jack from Manchester reads his poem: «Me grandad were sound, he fell in t'pond once, proper soaked!» («Sound» means «a good person».) Everyone laughs. Is that okay?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, Me, Sound, Everyone, that · **What happens:** read, grandad, be, fall, soak, mean · **To what, where:** poem, grandad sound, t'pond, good person

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This is test 4 of lesson 62 «The church funeral» 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/62-the-church-funeral/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Cousin Jack from Manchester reads his poem: «Me grandad were sound, he fell in t'pond once, proper soaked!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:1
# text = Cousin Jack from Manchester reads his poem: «Me grandad were sound, he fell in t'pond once, proper soaked!»
1	Cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	t'pond	t'pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Jack  Cousin from Manchester | Jack's poem |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |
| 2 | **grandad** *in a quote* |  | Me |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past |  | grandad sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | Jack | grandad sound *not said here* |  | t'pond |  | once *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient sound=Result |
| 5 | **soak** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* («Sound» means «a good person».)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:2
# text = («Sound» means «a good person».)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Everyone laughs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:3
# text = Everyone laughs.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* Is that okay?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:4
# text = Is that okay?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	okay	okay	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 | that |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only if Grandad would have laughed too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only if Grandad would have laughed too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | would · perfect · passive |  | Grandad |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, the vicar will be offended and stop the poem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:o2:1
# text = No, the vicar will be offended and stop the poem
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	offended	offend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offend** | future · passive |  | the vicar |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive |  | the poem |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality poem=Eventuality |

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

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Yes, funny memories are part of loving him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, funny memories are part of loving him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	loving	love	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | funny memories | part |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | gerund | part *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, Jack should be sent out of the church for that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:62-the-church-funeral:t4:o4:1
# text = No, Jack should be sent out of the church for that
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | should · passive |  | Jack |  | the church |  | for that | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme out church=Initial\_Location |

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