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title: A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my fa… — Daniel, Jonah and the prophets · tree and pragmatics
description: A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my faith's rules at school». Which story fits best? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

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A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my faith's rules at school». Which story fits best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Muslim classmate, faith, story · **What happens:** fast, say, be, keep, rule, fit · **To what, where:** Ramadan, rules, school · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my faith's rules at school».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:1
# text = A Muslim classmate fasting in Ramadan says: «it's hard to keep my faith's rules at school».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	fasting	fast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ramadan	Ramadan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fast** | gerund | a Muslim classmate *not said here* |  |  | Ramadan |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Muslim classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | my faith's rules |  | school |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rule=Theme at school=Location |
| 5 | **rule** *in a quote* |  | my faith |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Which story fits best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:2
# text = Which story fits best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | which story |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Solomon, who turned to other gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:o1:1
# text = Solomon, who turned to other gods
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Solomon |  |  |  |  | to other gods *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to god=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Daniel, who kept God's food laws respectfully far from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:o2:1
# text = Daniel, who kept God's food laws respectfully far from home
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Daniel | God's food laws |  | home |  | far *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer law=Beneficiary from home=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jonah, who ran away from God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:o3:1
# text = Jonah, who ran away from God
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | Jonah |  |  |  |  | from God; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from god=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Goliath, who mocked his enemies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t3:o4:1
# text = Goliath, who mocked his enemies
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past | Goliath | Goliath's enemies |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme |

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