--- title: What would happen if Ethan and his brother made up before bed every… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Ethan and his brother made up before bed every time they argued? Test 4 · ★★ 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 wro --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Living well because life is short What would happen if Ethan and his brother made up before bed every time they argued? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ethan · **What happens:** happen, make up, argue · **To what, where:** time This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t4:1 # text = What would happen if Ethan and his brother made up before bed every time they argued? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 Ethan Ethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make up** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ethan and his brother | | | | before bed; time | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | Ethan | every time *not said here* | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent time=Topic | 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} They'd never be friends again ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t4:o1:1 # text = They'd never be friends again 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | would | They | friends | | | again | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They'd waste fewer days being angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t4:o2:1 # text = They'd waste fewer days being angry 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 waste waste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 fewer few ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste** | would | They | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | fewer days | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They'd have to stop playing together ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t4:o3:1 # text = They'd have to stop playing together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | They | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **play** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Their anger would grow every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t4:o4:1 # text = Their anger would grow every night 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | would | Their anger | | | | night | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **anger** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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