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title: «If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's… — Souls, ghosts and stories · tree and pragmatics
description: «If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother. Best answer? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories

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«If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother. Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, brother · **What happens:** be, do, ask · **To what, where:** philosopher · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:1
# text = «If you were a philosopher, what'd you even do all day?» asks Lucy's brother.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	philosopher	philosopher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
17	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | a philosopher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Lucy's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:2
# 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Ask and argue about big questions like what a person is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:o1:1
# text = Ask and argue about big questions like what a person is
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	argue	argue	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | ask *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about big questions like what person | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about question=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Count the stars every night and write down how many there are in a book

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:o2:1
# text = Count the stars every night and write down how many there are in a book
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
11	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
12	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stars |  |  | night |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme |
| 2 | **write down** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | a book |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in book=Destination |
| 3 | **be** | present | many |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Collect stones and label them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:o3:1
# text = Collect stones and label them
1	Collect	collect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	label	label	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | imperative | you *not said here* | stones |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 2 | **label** | infinitive | you *not said here* | stones *= stone* |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Write the rules of football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:t8:o4:1
# text = Write the rules of football
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rules of football |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **rule** |  | football |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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