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title: A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.»… — Grief: crying, not crying and feeling… · tree and pragmatics
description: A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.» Which scene fits best? Test 3 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» 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 choi
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# Test 3 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

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A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.» Which scene fits best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Grief, scene · **What happens:** say, be, fit · **To what, where:** waves · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 66 «Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb» 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/66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:1
# text = A teacher says formally, «Grief is frequently experienced in waves.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	experienced	experienced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a teacher |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Grief |  |  | waves |  | experienced, frequently *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:* Which scene fits best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:2
# text = Which scene fits best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | which scene |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Feeling happy all the time after a death, as if nothing happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:o1:1
# text = Feeling happy all the time after a death, as if nothing happened
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	nsubj	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
13	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  | after a death; time | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crying once at the funeral, never again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:o2:1
# text = Crying once at the funeral, never again
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | the funeral | again | once *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Feeling fine, then crying when a song plays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:o3:1
# text = Feeling fine, then crying when a song plays
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **play** | present | a song |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Feeling exactly the same, heavy sadness every single minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t3:o4:1
# text = Feeling exactly the same, heavy sadness every single minute
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | gerund |  | the same heavy sadness |  |  | minute |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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