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description: Which statement most accurately expresses the respectful reporting of a religious belief? Exam question 4 of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…

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Which statement most accurately expresses the respectful reporting of a religious belief?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** express, report · **To what, where:** respectful reporting, religious belief

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» 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/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e4:1
# text = Which statement most accurately expresses the respectful reporting of a religious belief?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	expresses	express	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	respectful	respectful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reporting	reporting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | present | which statement | the respectful reporting of a religious belief |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reporting=Theme |
| 2 | **report** |  |  | a religious belief |  |  |  |  | nom reporting «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 {#o1}

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One which presents the belief as held by all people everywhere, without any exception at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e4:o1:1
# text = One which presents the belief as held by all people everywhere, without any exception at all
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | One | the belief |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | the belief *not said here* |  |  |  | by all people; everywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by people=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One which avoids naming the faith in question entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e4:o2:1
# text = One which avoids naming the faith in question entirely
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	avoids	avoid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	naming	name	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **name** | gerund |  | the faith |  | question |  | entirely *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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One which attributes the belief to its followers, as in "Christians believe", without mockery

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e4:o3:1
# text = One which attributes the belief to its followers, as in "Christians believe", without mockery
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | present | One | the belief |  |  |  | to belief's followers | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One which declares the belief false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:e4:o4:1
# text = One which declares the belief false
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	declares	declare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | present |  | the belief |  |  |  | false *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Attribute |

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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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