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title: «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a though… — Life and death: putting it all together · tree and pragmatics
description: «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl. Which answer is wisest? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together

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«So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl. Which answer is wisest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thoughtful girl, death, answer · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** normal part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:1
# text = «So is death sad or is it just a normal part of life?» asks a thoughtful girl.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
17	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a thoughtful girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | death *obl:unmarked*; sad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | death | a normal part |  |  |  | of life | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a thoughtful girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which answer is wisest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:2
# text = Which answer is wisest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which answer |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither; death doesn't really happen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:o1:1
# text = Neither; death doesn't really happen
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | present · do-support | death |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both: it's natural, and losing someone is still sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:o2:1
# text = Both: it's natural, and losing someone is still sad
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Both |  |  |  |  | natural *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** | present | losing |  |  |  | still | sad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only normal; nobody should ever feel sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:o3:1
# text = Only normal; nobody should ever feel sad
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | should | nobody |  |  |  | ever | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only sad; nature never includes death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t11:o4:1
# text = Only sad; nature never includes death
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **include** | present | sad nature | death |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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