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title: «Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» say… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate). Fair answer? Test 1 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 1 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

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«Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate). Fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** birthday cake, that, cousin · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** mad weird fam · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 68 «Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days» 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/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:1
# text = «Grandad's birthday cake when he's dead?? that's mad weird fam,» says Ellie's cousin from London (fam = mate).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
26	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	27	punct	_	_
27	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Grandad's birthday cake |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | mad weird fam |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie's cousin |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:2
# text = Fair answer?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

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

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Not weird; it's a way of saying he's still part of us

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:o1:1
# text = Not weird; it's a way of saying he's still part of us
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a weird way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a weird way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | part |  |  | still | of us | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a spell to bring Grandad back to life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:o2:1
# text = It's a spell to bring Grandad back to life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a spell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring back** | to-infinitive |  | Grandad |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent grandad=Theme to life=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's right; you should forget birthdays after a death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:o3:1
# text = He's right; you should forget birthdays after a death
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | should | you | birthdays |  |  | after a death |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only royal families may celebrate the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t1:o4:1
# text = Only royal families may celebrate the dead
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | may | royal families | the dead |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |

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