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# Exam question 1 · Creation: God the maker

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Identify the principal teaching which Christians derive from the account of creation contained in the first chapter of Genesis.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Christians · **What happens:** identify, derive, contain, account · **To what, where:** principal teaching, account, creation, first chapter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/1-creation-god-the-maker/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal teaching which Christians derive from the account of creation contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
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	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	derive	derive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **derive** | present | Christians | the principal teaching |  | the account of creation |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent which=Result from account=Material |
| 3 | **contain** | participle |  | creation *not said here* |  | the first chapter of Genesis |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chapter=Location |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | creation |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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That the world shall endure for six days only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e1:o1:1
# text = That the world shall endure for six days only
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	endure	endure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **endure** | shall | that world |  |  |  | day |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the world came into being by chance alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e1:o2:1
# text = That the world came into being by chance alone
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | that world |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | chance |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That human beings were the first of all creatures to be made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e1:o3:1
# text = That human beings were the first of all creatures to be made
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **being** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | human beings |  |  |  |  | of all creatures; first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | human beings *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That the world was brought into being intentionally by God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e1:o4:1
# text = That the world was brought into being intentionally by God
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	intentionally	intentionally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past · passive | God | that world |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | intentionally *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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