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description: Identify the principal teaching conveyed to a penitent who returns to confession shortly after a previous absolution. Exam question 1 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · Confession, prayer and making amends at church

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Identify the principal teaching conveyed to a penitent who returns to confession shortly after a previous absolution.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, penitent · **What happens:** identify, convey, return · **To what, where:** principal teaching, penitent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 365 «Confession, prayer and making amends at church» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal teaching conveyed to a penitent who returns to confession shortly after a previous absolution.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	previous	previous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	absolution	absolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal teaching |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the principal teaching *not said here* | a penitent |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to penitent=Recipient |
| 3 | **return** | present | a penitent |  |  |  | after a previous absolution | to confession *result*; shortly *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to confession=Result |

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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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Forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must still be put right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e1:o1:1
# text = Forgiveness does not run out, but each wrong must still be put right
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	csubj:pass	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **run out** | present · do-support | Forgiveness |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | must · passive | Forgiveness *not said here* |  |  |  | still | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Repeated confession indicates insincerity and must therefore be refused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e1:o2:1
# text = Repeated confession indicates insincerity and must therefore be refused
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	indicates	indicate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	insincerity	insincerity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **indicate** | present | Repeated confession | insincerity |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot insincerity=Topic |
| 3 | **refuse** | must · passive | Repeated confession *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Absolution once given renders subsequent wrongs inconsequential

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e1:o3:1
# text = Absolution once given renders subsequent wrongs inconsequential
1	Absolution	absolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	renders	render	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	inconsequential	inconsequential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A second absolution is not available

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:365-confession-prayer-and-making-amends-at-church:e1:o4:1
# text = A second absolution is not available
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	absolution	absolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | a second absolution |  |  |  |  | available *property* | tree rules |

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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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