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title: A Gen Alpha girl says, «Gran in a box on the shelf? That's so creepy… — Burial, cremation, the wake and the gr… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Alpha girl says, «Gran in a box on the shelf? That's so creepy, skibidi.» («Skibidi» means nothing, just a sound.) What is true? Test 7 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 7 · Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave

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A Gen Alpha girl says, «Gran in a box on the shelf? That's so creepy, skibidi.» («Skibidi» means nothing, just a sound.) What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alpha girl, That, Skibidi · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 63 «Burial, cremation, the wake and the grave» 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/63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Alpha girl says, «Gran in a box on the shelf?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:1
# text = A Gen Alpha girl says, «Gran in a box on the shelf?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Alpha girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* That's so creepy, skibidi.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:2
# text = That's so creepy, skibidi.»
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	skibidi	skibidi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* («Skibidi» means nothing, just a sound.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:3
# text = («Skibidi» means nothing, just a sound.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Skibidi	Skibidi	PROPN	NNP	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	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	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 | Skibidi | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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*Sentence 4:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:4
# 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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The ashes are what is left of Gran's body; keeping them is a way to remember

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:o1:1
# text = The ashes are what is left of Gran's body; keeping them is a way to remember
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	csubj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the ashes |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of Gran's body | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: of body=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund |  | ashes *= ash* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present | keeping | a way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **remember** | to-infinitive | the ashes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran is trapped inside and can hear us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:o2:1
# text = Gran is trapped inside and can hear us
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | present · passive |  | Gran |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **hear** | can |  | us |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ashes turn into ghosts at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:o3:1
# text = Ashes turn into ghosts at night
1	Ashes	ash	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	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | Ashes |  |  | ghosts | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into ghost=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The box is magic and creepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:63-burial-cremation-the-wake-and-the-grave:t7:o4:1
# text = The box is magic and creepy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	creepy	creepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the box |  |  |  |  | magic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the box *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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