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title: Select the response most consistent with the doctrine that humanity… — Creation: God the maker · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response most consistent with the doctrine that humanity is made in the image of God. Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Exam question 2 · Creation: God the maker

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Select the response most consistent with the doctrine that humanity is made in the image of God.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, doctrine · **What happens:** select, make, image · **To what, where:** response, humanity, image, God

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e2:1
# text = Select the response most consistent with the doctrine that humanity is made in the image of God.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	humanity	humanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive | the doctrine *not said here* | humanity |  | the image of God |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **image** |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Every human person possesses an inherent worth meriting respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e2:o1:1
# text = Every human person possesses an inherent worth meriting respect
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	inherent	inherent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	meriting	merit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | every human person | a inherent worth |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot worth=Theme |
| 2 | **merit** | gerund | a inherent worth *not said here* | respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Worth is conferred solely upon those persons who conduct themselves well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e2:o2:1
# text = Worth is conferred solely upon those persons who conduct themselves well
1	Worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present · passive |  | Worth |  |  |  | upon that persons; solely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** | present | that persons | persons *= person* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Human beings resemble God in outward appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e2:o3:1
# text = Human beings resemble God in outward appearance
1	Human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	resemble	resemble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	outward	outward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | present | Human beings | God |  | outward appearance |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only persons of high rank possess any worth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:e2:o4:1
# text = Only persons of high rank possess any worth
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	possess	possess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | infinitive | persons of high rank | any worth |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot worth=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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