--- title: Judge: «What does it mean to say God is Emmanuel?» — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics description: Judge: «What does it mean to say God is Emmanuel?» Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · The birth of Jesus Judge: «What does it mean to say God is Emmanuel?» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Judge · **What happens:** mean, say, be · **To what, where:** Judge, God Emmanuel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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/12-the-birth-of-jesus/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t10:1 # text = Judge: «What does it mean to say God is Emmanuel?» 1 Judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 Emmanuel Emmanuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Judge | Judge | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Judge *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | God Emmanuel | | | | | tree rules | 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} That God is far away, high above the stars, and never comes near ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t10:o1:1 # text = That God is far away, high above the stars, and never comes near 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 near near ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that God | | | the stars | | far, high *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **come** | present | that God *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That in Jesus God came to live among people ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t10:o2:1 # text = That in Jesus God came to live among people 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | God in Jesus | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | God in Jesus *not said here* | | | | | among people | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among people=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} That God lives only in the Temple ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t10:o3:1 # text = That God lives only in the Temple 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Temple Temple PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | that God | | | the Temple | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in temple=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} That God is a king like Herod ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t10:o4:1 # text = That God is a king like Herod 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Herod Herod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that God | a king | | | | like Herod | tree rules | **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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