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title: In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laugh… — Grief: crying, not crying and feeling… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again. What's more like real life? Test 7 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 ques
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# Test 7 · Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb

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In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again. What's more like real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandad, girl · **What happens:** die, laugh, not mention, be · **To what, where:** grandad

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, a girl's grandad dies, and in the next scene she laughs and never mentions him again.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
20	mentions	mention	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	again	again	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | a girl's grandad |  |  |  |  | in a cartoon | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=Attribute |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | girl |  |  |  |  | in the next scene | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in scene=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | present | girl *not said here* | grandad |  |  | again |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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's more like real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:2
# text = What's more like real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Laughing proves she didn't love him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:o1:1
# text = Laughing proves she didn't love him
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prove** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **love** | past · do-support | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone forgets after one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:o2:1
# text = Everyone forgets after one day
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Everyone |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

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

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Feelings come and go for a long time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:o3:1
# text = Feelings come and go for a long time
1	Feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Feelings |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present | Feelings *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real people never laugh after a death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb:t7:o4:1
# text = Real people never laugh after a death
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	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** **laugh** | present | Real people |  |  |  | after a death |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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