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description: «Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents». Is that right? Test 9 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 9 · The birth of Jesus

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«Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents». Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jesus, kids, that · **What happens:** ask, not obey, be · **To what, where:** loads, Temple, parents

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:1
# text = «Jesus asked loads of questions in the Temple so kids should never obey parents».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
15	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | Jesus | loads of questions |  | the Temple |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent load=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **obey** *not said to happen, in a quote* | should | kids | parents |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |

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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:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, he never went back to Nazareth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, he never went back to Nazareth
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nazareth	Nazareth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go back** | past | he |  | Nazareth |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to nazareth=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the Bible says questions replace obeying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, the Bible says questions replace obeying
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	replace	replace	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	obeying	obey	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **replace** | present | questions |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obey** | gerund | questions *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, because he never asked any questions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:o3:1
# text = No, because he never asked any questions
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | any questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |

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

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No, he also went home and obeyed his parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t9:o4:1
# text = No, he also went home and obeyed his parents
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	obeyed	obey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | he |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **obey** | past | he *not said here* | his parents |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme |

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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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