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title: «My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,»… — Kindness to the dying and visiting the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great). Good idea? Test 10 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

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«My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great). Good idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** take, say · **To what, where:** him, rest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 of lesson 77 «Kindness to the dying and visiting the old» 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/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:1
# text = «My koro's in the rest home, I'll take him a footy card, sweet as,» says a boy in Wellington (koro = grandad, sweet as = great).
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	koro	koro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
22	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Wellington	Wellington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	koro	koro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
29	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	30	punct	_	_
30	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	appos	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	35	punct	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** *in a quote* | future | a boy *= boy* | him *= he* |  | the rest |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme card=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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:* Good idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:2
# text = Good idea?
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	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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No; you should only bring flowers to a rest home, never cards or games

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:o1:1
# text = No; you should only bring flowers to a rest home, never cards or games
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | should | you | flowers |  | a rest |  | cards or games *obl*; home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flower=Theme to rest=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if the card is worth money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:o2:1
# text = Only if the card is worth money
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the card |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

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

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Yes; sharing what you love helps him feel part of life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes; sharing what you love helps him feel part of life
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 3 | **help** | present | sharing | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **feel** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | part of life |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No; old people hate football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t10:o4:1
# text = No; old people hate football
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | old people | football |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer football=Stimulus |

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