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title: «I'm gonna plant a tree for my nan, will it make me remember her?» a… — Missing someone: memory boxes, birthda… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm gonna plant a tree for my nan, will it make me remember her?» asks Sophie. Best answer? Test 9 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 and of each opt
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# Test 9 · Missing someone: memory boxes, birthdays and special days

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«I'm gonna plant a tree for my nan, will it make me remember her?» asks Sophie. Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sophie, tree · **What happens:** plant, make, remember, ask · **To what, where:** tree, Sophie, her · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm gonna plant a tree for my nan, will it make me remember her?» asks Sophie.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:1
# text = «I'm gonna plant a tree for my nan, will it make me remember her?» asks Sophie.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
5	plant	plant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
15	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
20	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** *in a quote* | present | Sophie | a tree |  |  |  | for my nan | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | future | tree | Sophie |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sophie *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 {#o1}

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Only oak trees work for remembering someone who has died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:o1:1
# text = Only oak trees work for remembering someone who has died
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | oak trees |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remember** | gerund | oak trees *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 3 | **die** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It can be a living reminder that grows each year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:o2:1
# text = It can be a living reminder that grows each year
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | It | a living reminder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | a living reminder |  |  |  | year |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It only works if Nan's ashes are under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:o3:1
# text = It only works if Nan's ashes are under it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **does** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Nan's ashes |  |  | it |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Trees make you forget so it hurts less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:68-missing-someone-memory-boxes-birthdays-and-special-days:t9:o4:1
# text = Trees make you forget so it hurts less
1	Trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hurts	hurt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Trees | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hurt** | present | it |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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.

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