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title: Your cousin says: "All Christians believe the world was made in six… — Creation: God the maker · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says: "All Christians believe the world was made in six 24-hour days." What is more accurate? Test 7 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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# Test 7 · Creation: God the maker

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Your cousin says: "All Christians believe the world was made in six 24-hour days." What is more accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Christians · **What happens:** say, believe, make, be · **To what, where:** world · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 1 «Creation: God the maker» 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/1-creation-god-the-maker/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says: "All Christians believe the world was made in six 24-hour days."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:1
# text = Your cousin says: "All Christians believe the world was made in six 24-hour days."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
15	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | all Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the world |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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 is more accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:2
# text = What is more accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, every Christian believes exactly that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, every Christian believes exactly that
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	believes	believe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | every Christian | that |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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

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Some do, but many read the days as a poem-like story; Christians disagree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:o2:1
# text = Some do, but many read the days as a poem-like story; Christians disagree
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | past | many |  |  |  | day | as a like story | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as story=Attribute |
| 3 | **disagree** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Christians say the days were six years long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:o3:1
# text = Christians say the days were six years long
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the days | six years |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No Christian has ever believed that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:1-creation-god-the-maker:t7:o4:1
# text = No Christian has ever believed that
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · perfect · passive |  | no Christian |  |  | ever |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme that=Eventuality |

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