--- title: Myth to check: «Thinking about death makes life gloomy and pointless.» — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics description: Myth to check: «Thinking about death makes life gloomy and pointless.» Test 11 · ★★ 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/76-living-well-because-life-is-short/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Living well because life is short](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/76-living-well-because-life-is-short/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Living well because life is short Myth to check: «Thinking about death makes life gloomy and pointless.» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Myth, Thinking · **What happens:** check, think, make · **To what, where:** life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t11:1 # text = Myth to check: «Thinking about death makes life gloomy and pointless.» 1 Myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 check check VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 csubj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 pointless pointless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | Myth | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | about death | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about death=Topic | | 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Thinking | life | | | | gloomy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset life=Product | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} True, because nothing can last for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t11:o1:1 # text = True, because nothing can last for ever 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | can | nothing | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} False, but only for very old people ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t11:o2:1 # text = False, but only for very old people 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} True; you should never think about it, not even once ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t11:o3:1 # text = True; you should never think about it, not even once 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | should | you | | | | | about it; once *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} False; it can help people live more fully and kindly ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t11:o4:1 # text = False; it can help people live more fully and kindly 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 fully fully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | can | it | people | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **live** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | fully *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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