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title: Myth to check: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.» — Kindness to the dying and visiting the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Myth to check: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.» Test 11 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

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Myth to check: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dying person · **What happens:** check, die, not care

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t11:1
# text = Myth to check: «A dying person doesn't care about visitors any more.»
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dying	die	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	any	any	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present · do-support | a dying person |  |  |  |  | about visitors | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about visitor=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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True, because by then they cannot hear anyone at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t11:o1:1
# text = True, because by then they cannot hear anyone at all
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | they | anyone |  | all | then |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False, but only if the visitors bring nice gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t11:o2:1
# text = False, but only if the visitors bring nice gifts
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	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | the visitors | nice gifts |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True; they want to be left alone, in peace and quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t11:o3:1
# text = True; they want to be left alone, in peace and quiet
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | True |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | True *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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False; company and kindness still matter a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t11:o4:1
# text = False; company and kindness still matter a lot
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | False company and kindness | a lot |  |  | still |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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