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title: A rough older brother says, «Chuck that tatty hoodie in the bin, it'… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: A rough older brother says, «Chuck that tatty hoodie in the bin, it's minging» (minging = smelly). Why might Jack want to keep it? Test 2 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 prag
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# Test 2 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

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A rough older brother says, «Chuck that tatty hoodie in the bin, it's minging» (minging = smelly). Why might Jack want to keep it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rough older brother, hoodie, Jack · **What happens:** say, chuck, ming, want, keep · **To what, where:** tatty hoodie, bin, hoodie · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A rough older brother says, «Chuck that tatty hoodie in the bin, it's minging» (minging = smelly).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:1
# text = A rough older brother says, «Chuck that tatty hoodie in the bin, it's minging» (minging = smelly).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	brother	brother	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	tatty	tatty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bin	bin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	minging	ming	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	minging	ming	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
22	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	23	punct	_	_
23	smelly	smelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 rough older brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **chuck** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | that tatty hoodie |  | the bin |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent hoodie=Theme in bin=Destination |
| 3 | **ming** *in a quote* | present · progressive | hoodie |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ming** | gerund | hoodie *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* Why might Jack want to keep it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:2
# text = Why might Jack want to keep it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | might | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | hoodie |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is the only warm hoodie in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:o1:1
# text = It is the only warm hoodie in the house
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hoodie	hoodie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the only warm hoodie |  | the house |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It smells of his dad and comforts him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:o2:1
# text = It smells of his dad and comforts him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smells	smell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	comforts	comfort	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of his dad | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **comfort** | present |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His dad's ghost lives inside it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:o3:1
# text = His dad's ghost lives inside it
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | His dad's ghost |  |  | it |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside it=Location |
| 2 | **ghost** |  | His dad |  |  |  |  |  | nom ghost «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will be worth a lot of money one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t2:o4:1
# text = It will be worth a lot of money one day
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | It |  |  |  | day | worth *property* | tree rules |

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