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title: «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says… — Life and death: putting it all together · tree and pragmatics
description: «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds. What's the better plan? Test 2 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together

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«His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds. What's the better plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, lad, better plan · **What happens:** die, avoid, be, say · **To what, where:** dad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:1
# text = «His dad died, so I'll just avoid him till he's normal again,» says a lad in Leeds.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
19	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** *in a quote* | past | His dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **avoid** *in a quote* | future | a lad *= lad* | dad |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dad |  |  |  | again | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 the better plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:2
# text = What's the better plan?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	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 | the better plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Tell him he'll get over it soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:o1:1
# text = Tell him he'll get over it soon
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | future | he |  |  | it |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination |

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

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Say «I'm sorry», then just be his normal mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:o2:1
# text = Say «I'm sorry», then just be his normal mate
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | infinitive | his normal mate |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask him lots of questions about how it happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:o3:1
# text = Ask him lots of questions about how it happened
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | lots of questions | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Avoid him, he wants to be alone for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t2:o4:1
# text = Avoid him, he wants to be alone for ever
1	Avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location |
| 2 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

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