---
title: In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad».… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad». What's a better idea from real life? Test 4 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 of the question an
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/) / t4

# Test 4 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad». What's a better idea from real life?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** bury, not be, be · **To what, where:** photos, film, better idea, real life

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:1
# text = In a film, a girl buries all her mum's photos so she «won't be sad».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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	7	nsubj	_	_
7	buries	bury	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
19	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present | a girl | girl's mum's photos |  | a film |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent photo=Theme in film=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | future | girl |  |  |  |  | sad *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What's a better idea from real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:2
# text = What's a better idea from real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a better idea |  | real life |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Photos only make grief last much, much longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:o1:1
# text = Photos only make grief last much, much longer
1	Photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Photos | grief |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | infinitive | grief *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forgetting completely is the only way to heal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:o2:1
# text = Forgetting completely is the only way to heal
1	Forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Forgetting | the only way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Burying photos like that stops grief for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:o3:1
# text = Burying photos like that stops grief for ever
1	Burying	bury	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	photos	photo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | gerund |  | photos |  |  |  | like that | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | Burying | grief |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality grief=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep memories close; they can comfort

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t4:o4:1
# text = Keep memories close; they can comfort
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	memories	memory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	comfort	comfort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | memories |  |  |  | close *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme |
| 2 | **comfort** | can | memories *= memory* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/t3/)
- next →: [Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days/)