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title: «Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics
description: «Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is that cringe?» asks Mia. Best answer? Test 10 · ★★ 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; 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Living well because life is short

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«Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is that cringe?» asks Mia. Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Mia · **What happens:** tell, love, be, ask · **To what, where:** mum, Life, cringe · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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/76-living-well-because-life-is-short/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is that cringe?» asks Mia.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:1
# text = «Life's short, so I'm gonna tell my mum I love her every day now, is that cringe?» asks Mia.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Life	Life	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	cringe	cringe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
25	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | I |  | my mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | I | Life |  |  | now; day |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that cringe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | 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:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:2
# 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 say it on her birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:o1:1
# text = Only say it on her birthday
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  | her birthday |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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

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Not cringe at all; it's a lovely habit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:o2:1
# text = Not cringe at all; it's a lovely habit
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	cringe	cringe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cringe** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at all | vn flinch-40.5 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at all=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a lovely habit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, only babies say that to mums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, only babies say that to mums
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mums	mum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | babies |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, saying it more makes it mean less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, saying it more makes it mean less
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | saying | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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