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title: Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as app… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as applied to a human life. Exam question 2 of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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
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# Exam question 2 · Living well because life is short

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Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as applied to a human life.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, apply, signify · **To what, where:** signification, expression

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/76-living-well-because-life-is-short/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:e2:1
# text = Identify the signification of the expression «a good innings» as applied to a human life.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	signification	signification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	innings	inning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the signification of the expression |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent signification=Theme |
| 2 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a human life | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **signify** |  |  | the expression |  |  |  |  | nom signification «communication transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A successful sporting career

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:e2:o1:1
# text = A successful sporting career
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A substantial inheritance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:e2:o2:1
# text = A substantial inheritance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A long and full life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:e2:o3:1
# text = A long and full life
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A comfortable dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:e2:o4:1
# text = A comfortable dwelling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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