--- title: Ascertain, pursuant to the Gospel account, the gifts presented by th… — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain, pursuant to the Gospel account, the gifts presented by the magi. Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [The birth of Jesus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/12-the-birth-of-jesus/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The birth of Jesus Ascertain, pursuant to the Gospel account, the gifts presented by the magi. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, present · **To what, where:** Gospel account, gifts This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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/12-the-birth-of-jesus/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:e3:1 # text = Ascertain, pursuant to the Gospel account, the gifts presented by the magi. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 pursuant pursuant ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Gospel Gospel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 appos _ _ 11 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 magi magus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Gospel account | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Topic | | 2 | **present** | participle | | the gifts *not said here* | | | | by the magi | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} Silver, a lamb and linen ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:e3:o1:1 # text = Silver, a lamb and linen 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Gold, frankincense and myrrh ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:e3:o2:1 # text = Gold, frankincense and myrrh 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 myrrh myrrh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Bread, wine and oil ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:e3:o3:1 # text = Bread, wine and oil 1 Bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A crown, a sceptre and a robe ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:e3:o4:1 # text = A crown, a sceptre and a robe 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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