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title: «Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arv… — Living well because life is short · tree and pragmatics
description: «Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon). Did he show love? Test 6 · ★★ 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 qu
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Living well because life is short

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«Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon). Did he show love?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, Brooke · **What happens:** not say, love, take, fish, say, show · **To what, where:** you, us, arvo, Brisbane, love · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:1
# text = «Grandad never said 'love you' much but he took us fishing every arvo,» says Brooke in Brisbane (arvo = afternoon).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	fishing	fish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	xcomp	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
19	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	Brooke	Brooke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	26	punct	_	_
26	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Grandad *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Grandad |  | us |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent we=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **fish** *in a quote* | gerund | Grandad *not said here* | every arvo |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arvo=Theme |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Brooke |  |  | Brisbane |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in brisbane=Manner |

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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:* Did he show love?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:2
# text = Did he show love?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past · do-support | Brooke | love |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No; love only counts if it is said out loud, in words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:o1:1
# text = No; love only counts if it is said out loud, in words
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present |  |  |  | words |  | love *vocative* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | love |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No; fishing has nothing to do with love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:o2:1
# text = No; fishing has nothing to do with love
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | fishing | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | fishing *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  | with love | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes; love shows in what people do, not just words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes; love shows in what people do, not just words
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | love |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only if he also bought them presents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t6:o4:1
# text = Only if he also bought them presents
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | he | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary present=Theme |

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