--- title: Myth to check: «If a child is very naughty, it can make their mum il… — Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at th… · tree and pragmatics description: Myth to check: «If a child is very naughty, it can make their mum ill.» Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Grief: anger, guilt and laughing at the wrong moment Myth to check: «If a child is very naughty, it can make their mum ill.» **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Myth, child · **What happens:** check, be, make · **To what, where:** mum This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t8:1 # text = Myth to check: «If a child is very naughty, it can make their mum ill.» 1 Myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 naughty naughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | Myth *not said here* | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Myth | | | | | naughty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | can | child | their mum | | | | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material mum=Product | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} True; stress from children causes cancer ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t8:o1:1 # text = True; stress from children causes cancer 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stress stress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 cancer cancer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present | True stress from children | cancer | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cancer=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} False, but only for dads, not mums ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t8:o2:1 # text = False, but only for dads, not mums 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 dads dad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 mums mum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} False; behaviour doesn't cause illness ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t8:o3:1 # text = False; behaviour doesn't cause illness 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cause** | present · do-support | False behaviour | illness | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition illness=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} True, but only if the child is very bad ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:67-grief-anger-guilt-and-laughing-at-the-wrong-moment:t8:o4:1 # text = True, but only if the child is very bad 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the child | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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