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title: «Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop? That's cold, bro,» say… — Promises, memory and keeping each othe… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop? That's cold, bro,» says Ethan's cousin (cold = heartless). What's a better view? Test 9 · ★★ 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 th
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

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«Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop? That's cold, bro,» says Ethan's cousin (cold = heartless). What's a better view?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, That, better view · **What happens:** give, be, say · **To what, where:** coat, charity shop, cousin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:1
# text = «Why give Grandad's coat to the charity shop?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Grandad's coat | the charity shop |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent coat=Theme to shop=Recipient |

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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 cold, bro,» says Ethan's cousin (cold = heartless).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:2
# text = That's cold, bro,» says Ethan's cousin (cold = heartless).
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	appos	_	_
14	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	15	punct	_	_
15	heartless	heartless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | That *not said here* | Ethan's cousin |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cousin=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's a better view?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:3
# text = What's a better 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	better	good	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 better view |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It helps someone who needs it, spreading his kindness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:o1:1
# text = It helps someone who needs it, spreading his kindness
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	spreading	spread	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | It |  | someone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **need** | present |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 3 | **spread** | gerund |  | his kindness |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location kindness=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coats should be buried with the dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:o2:1
# text = Coats should be buried with the dead
1	Coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | should · passive |  | Coats |  |  |  | with the dead | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Charity shops are only for rubbish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:o3:1
# text = Charity shops are only for rubbish
1	Charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Charity shops |  |  |  |  | for rubbish | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It shows the family never really loved him at all, deep down, or they'd keep it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:79-promises-memory-and-keeping-each-other-safe:t9:o4:1
# text = It shows the family never really loved him at all, deep down, or they'd keep it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It | the family |  |  |  | down *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent family=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **love** | past |  | him *= he* |  | all |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **keep** | would | they | family |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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