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description: What would happen if Lily forced herself to play piano every day hating it, «because Mum wanted it»? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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What would happen if Lily forced herself to play piano every day hating it, «because Mum wanted it»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lily, day, Mum · **What happens:** happen, force, play, hate, want · **To what, where:** Lily, piano

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» 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/79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t6:1
# text = What would happen if Lily forced herself to play piano every day hating it, «because Mum wanted it»?
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	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forced	force	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	hating	hate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **force** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Lily | Lily |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | Lily *not said here* | piano |  |  | day |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme |
| 4 | **hate** | gerund | every day *not said here* | piano |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 5 | **want** *in a quote* | past | Mum | piano |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She might be miserable; she can honour Mum another way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t6:o1:1
# text = She might be miserable; she can honour Mum another way
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	miserable	miserable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
9	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | She |  |  |  |  | miserable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **honour** | can | she | Mum |  |  |  | another way *obl:unmarked* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her mum would be happy in heaven only if she kept on playing every day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t6:o2:1
# text = Her mum would be happy in heaven only if she kept on playing every day
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | Her mum |  |  | heaven |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It would bring her mum back to life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t6:o3:1
# text = It would bring her mum back to life
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | would | It | her mum |  | life |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mum=Theme to life=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; feelings don't matter here

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t6:o4:1
# text = Nothing; feelings don't matter here
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Nothing feelings |  |  | here |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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