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# Test 8 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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In a TV show, a girl must do everything her dead father wanted or «his spirit will never rest». What's a healthier view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, dead father, spirit, healthier view · **What happens:** do, want, not rest, be · **To what, where:** everything, TV show

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a TV show, a girl must do everything her dead father wanted or «his spirit will never rest».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:1
# text = In a TV show, a girl must do everything her dead father wanted or «his spirit will never rest».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | must | a girl | everything |  | a TV show |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |
| 2 | **want** | past | girl's dead father |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **not** **rest** *in a quote* | future | father's spirit |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's a healthier view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:2
# text = What's a healthier view?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	healthier	healthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a healthier view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spirits come back and haunt you if you disobey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:o1:1
# text = Spirits come back and haunt you if you disobey
1	Spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	haunt	haunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	disobey	disobey	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present | Spirits |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **haunt** | infinitive | Spirits *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
| 3 | **disobey** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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You can honour someone in your own way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:o2:1
# text = You can honour someone in your own way
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | can | You | someone |  | your own way |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You must obey every single wish for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:o3:1
# text = You must obey every single wish for ever
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | must | You | every single wish |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dead control everything that we do now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t8:o4:1
# text = The dead control everything that we do now
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

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