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title: New kid at school fled a war with her family. How does the Christmas… — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: New kid at school fled a war with her family. How does the Christmas story connect? Test 6 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 6 · The birth of Jesus

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New kid at school fled a war with her family. How does the Christmas story connect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** New kid, Christmas story · **What happens:** flee, connect · **To what, where:** war

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* New kid at school fled a war with her family.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:1
# text = New kid at school fled a war with her family.
1	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | New kid at school | a war |  |  |  | with kid's family | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme war=Initial\_Location |

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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:* How does the Christmas story connect?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:2
# text = How does the Christmas story connect?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	connect	connect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **connect** | present · do-support | the Christmas story |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Jesus' family were refugees in Egypt too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:o1:1
# text = Jesus' family were refugees in Egypt too
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	refugees	refugee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Jesus's family | refugees |  | Egypt |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Jesus' family stayed safely at home in Nazareth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:o2:1
# text = Jesus' family stayed safely at home in Nazareth
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Nazareth	Nazareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Jesus's family |  |  | home |  | in Nazareth; safely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The story says that refugees must always go back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:o3:1
# text = The story says that refugees must always go back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	refugees	refugee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go back** | must | refugees |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wise men were refugees running from Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t6:o4:1
# text = The wise men were refugees running from Egypt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	refugees	refugee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the wise men | refugees |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | refugees *not said here* |  |  | Egypt |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from egypt=Trajectory |

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