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title: Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too. What do Christi… — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too. What do Christians believe he is?» Test 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 right.
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# Test 3 · The birth of Jesus

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Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too. What do Christians believe he is?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Muslim classmate, Christians, classmate · **What happens:** honour, believe, be · **To what, where:** Jesus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:1
# text = Muslim classmate: «We honour Jesus as a prophet too.
1	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	honour	honour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** *in a quote* | present | Muslim classmate | Jesus |  |  |  | as a prophet | tree rules |

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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 do Christians believe he is?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:2
# text = What do Christians believe he is?»
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present · do-support | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The son of King Herod

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:o1:1
# text = The son of King Herod
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only a wise teacher like any other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:o2:1
# text = Only a wise teacher like any other
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An angel sent down from heaven in a human disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:o3:1
# text = An angel sent down from heaven in a human disguise
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send down** | participle |  | a angel *not said here* |  | heaven |  | in a human disguise | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in disguise=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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God the Son who became human, God with us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t3:o4:1
# text = God the Son who became human, God with us
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Son	Son	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | God |  |  |  |  | human *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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