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title: «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep? That's a reet waste,… — Kindness to the dying and visiting the… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep? That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real). Why do families do it? Test 7 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 
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# Test 7 · Kindness to the dying and visiting the old

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«Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep? That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real). Why do families do it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, That, families · **What happens:** be, say, do · **To what, where:** reet waste, boy, Lancashire, waste · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:1
# text = «Sittin' with Gran all night when she's asleep?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sittin	Sittin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Gran |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | 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:* That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:2
# text = That's a reet waste,» says a boy in Lancashire (reet = right/real).
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	reet	reet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Lancashire	Lancashire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	reet	reet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	16	punct	_	_
16	right/real	right/real	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | a reet waste |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | a boy |  | Lancashire |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent boy=Theme in lancashire=Manner |

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*Sentence 3:* Why do families do it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:3
# text = Why do families do it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | families | waste |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because it's the law in hospices that someone must sit with every patient all night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:o1:1
# text = Because it's the law in hospices that someone must sit with every patient all night
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hospices	hospice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the law |  | hospices |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | must | someone |  |  |  | night | with every patient | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because nurses don't work at night in hospices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:o2:1
# text = Because nurses don't work at night in hospices
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hospices	hospice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **work** | present · do-support | nurses |  |  |  | night | in hospices | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hospice=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To make sure nobody steals her things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:o3:1
# text = To make sure nobody steals her things
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
5	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | nobody |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset nobody=Product |
| 2 | **steal** | present |  | her things |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme |

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

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So she's never alone and may sense someone near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:77-kindness-to-the-dying-and-visiting-the-old:t7:o4:1
# text = So she's never alone and may sense someone near
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sense	sense	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	near	near	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sense** | may |  | someone |  |  |  | near *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |

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