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title: A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's… — Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at th… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.» What's really going on? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment

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A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.» What's really going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Z cousin, Josh, cousin · **What happens:** say, go, be, go on · **To what, where:** full villain arc · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 67 «Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment» 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/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:1
# text = A Gen Z cousin says, «Josh went full villain arc on his sister, he's lowkey toxic now.»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	villain	villain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	arc	arc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	toxic	toxic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
21	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	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 Z cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Josh | full villain arc |  |  |  | on Josh's sister | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arc=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cousin |  |  |  | now | toxic *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:* What's really going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:2
# text = What's really going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Grief can make people snappy; he can say sorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:o1:1
# text = Grief can make people snappy; he can say sorry
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	snappy	snappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | can | Grief | people |  |  |  | snappy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | can | Grief |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His sister must have caused it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:o2:1
# text = His sister must have caused it
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | must · perfect | His sister | it |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Josh has turned into a bad person for good and won't change back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:o3:1
# text = Josh has turned into a bad person for good and won't change back
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | Josh |  |  |  |  | into a bad person *result*; for good | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into person=Result |
| 2 | **not** **change back** | future | Josh *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snapping like that proves he doesn't miss Grandad at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t3:o4:1
# text = Snapping like that proves he doesn't miss Grandad at all
1	Snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
4	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like that | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prove** | present | Snapping |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **miss** | present · do-support | he | Grandad |  | all |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandad=Stimulus |

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