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# Test 8 · ★★ · Living well because life is short

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In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold. A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved». Which life sounds better lived?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gravestone, poor woman, woman, life · **What happens:** list, say, love, sound, live · **To what, where:** gold, cartoon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon, a rich king's gravestone lists all his gold.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	gravestone	gravestone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lists	list	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **list** | present | a rich king's gravestone | gravestone's gold |  | a cartoon |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:2
# text = A poor woman's says «She loved and was loved».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a poor woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | past | woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **love** *in a quote* | past · passive | woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF» |

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*Sentence 3:* Which life sounds better lived?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:3
# text = Which life sounds better lived?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | which life |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | participle | which life *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The king's; more words means more life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:o1:1
# text = The king's; more words means more life
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the king and more words | more life |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The king's; gold is what lasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:o2:1
# text = The king's; gold is what lasts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
8	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the king's gold |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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

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The woman's; love is what lasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:o3:1
# text = The woman's; love is what lasts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
8	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the woman's love |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **last** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **love** |  | the woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither; gravestones mean nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:76-living-well-because-life-is-short:t8:o4:1
# text = Neither; gravestones mean nothing
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	gravestones	gravestone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | gravestones | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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