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# Test 8 · ★ · When grown-ups grieve, and how it gets softer

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In a TV show, a widow says, «I'll never smile again», and the show ends there. What happens for most real people?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** widow, show · **What happens:** say, not smile, end, happen · **To what, where:** TV show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a TV show, a widow says, «I'll never smile again», and the show ends there.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:1
# text = In a TV show, a widow says, «I'll never smile again», and the show ends there.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
22	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a widow |  |  | a TV show |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **smile** *in a quote* | future | a widow *= widow* |  |  |  | again |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **end** | present | the show |  |  | there |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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:* What happens for most real people?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:2
# text = What happens for most real people?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for most real people | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They must move far away to a new town to be happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:o1:1
# text = They must move far away to a new town to be happy
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | must | They |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

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

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Grief softens and smiles slowly come back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:o2:1
# text = Grief softens and smiles slowly come back
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	softens	soften	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | present | Grief |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come back** | present | Grief *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They really never smile again, not once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:o3:1
# text = They really never smile again, not once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	smile	smile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **smile** | infinitive | They |  |  |  | again | once *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They forget their husband within a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:69-when-grown-ups-grieve-and-how-it-gets-softer:t8:o4:1
# text = They forget their husband within a week
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | They | their husband |  |  | week |  | tree rules |

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