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title: A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club? Bummer, guess he'… — When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club? Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame). Put him right. Test 6 · ★ of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 6 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

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A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club? Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame). Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gen X uncle, Grandpa, uncle, you · **What happens:** say, join, guess, be, put · **To what, where:** lunch club, uncle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 69 «When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer» 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/69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:1
# text = A Gen X uncle says, «Grandpa joining a lunch club?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	X	x	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	uncle	uncle	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	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
9	joining	join	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a Gen X uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **join** *in a quote* | gerund | Grandpa *not said here* | a lunch club |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient |

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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:* Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:2
# text = Bummer, guess he's over Grandma» (bummer = shame).
1	Bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	bummer	bummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | uncle |  |  |  |  | over Grandma | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:3
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | uncle |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Grandpa is breaking a church rule

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:o1:1
# text = Grandpa is breaking a church rule
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present · progressive | Grandpa | a church rule |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He's right; Grandpa has forgotten her and moved on with new friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:o2:1
# text = He's right; Grandpa has forgotten her and moved on with new friends
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	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	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** | present · perfect | Grandpa | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **move on** | past | Grandpa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with new friends | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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New friends ease loneliness; they don't replace Grandma

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:o3:1
# text = New friends ease loneliness; they don't replace Grandma
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ease	ease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loneliness	loneliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	Grandma	Grandma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ease** | present | New friends | loneliness |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent loneliness=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **replace** | present · do-support | friends *= friend* | Grandma |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grandma=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Grandpa should stay home alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t6:o4:1
# text = Grandpa should stay home alone
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | should | Grandpa |  |  |  |  | alone, home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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