--- title: What would happen if nobody checked on an old neighbour who'd had a… — Kindness to the dying and visiting the… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if nobody checked on an old neighbour who'd had a fall? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/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/) / [Kindness to the dying and visiting the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old/) / t4 # Test 4 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old What would happen if nobody checked on an old neighbour who'd had a fall? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nobody · **What happens:** happen, check, have · **To what, where:** old neighbour, fall This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t4:1 # text = What would happen if nobody checked on an old neighbour who'd had a fall? 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 _ 13 mark _ _ 5 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 6 checked check VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 'd have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **check** | participle | | | | a old neighbour | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on neighbour=Location | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | nobody | a fall | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Patient | 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} Nothing; falls are never serious ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing; falls are never serious 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 falls fall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | Nothing falls | | | | | serious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She might lie hurt for days without help ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t4:o2:1 # text = She might lie hurt for days without help 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 without without ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | might · passive | | She | | | day | without help | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She would always get up on her own ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t4:o3:1 # text = She would always get up on her own 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get up** | would | She | | | her own | | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on own=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Someone would ring her eventually anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t4:o4:1 # text = Someone would ring her eventually anyway 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 eventually eventually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | would | Someone | her *= she* | | | | anyway, eventually *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | **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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