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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Jesus' life and teaching · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the commandment designated by Jesus as the greatest? Exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Jesus' life and teaching

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the commandment designated by Jesus as the greatest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, designate · **To what, where:** commandment

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the commandment designated by Jesus as the greatest?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the commandment |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle |  | the commandment *not said here* |  |  |  | by Jesus; as the greatest | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as great=Attribute |

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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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Love of God with the whole heart, soul and mind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e2:o1:1
# text = Love of God with the whole heart, soul and mind
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  |  | God |  |  |  | with the whole heart and soul and mind | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Payment of a tenth of one's income

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e2:o2:1
# text = Payment of a tenth of one's income
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tenth	tenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	income	income	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  |  | a tenth of one's income |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Avoidance of all contact with sinners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e2:o3:1
# text = Avoidance of all contact with sinners
1	Avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sinners	sinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | all contact with sinners |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Strict observance of the Sabbath rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e2:o4:1
# text = Strict observance of the Sabbath rest
1	Strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** |  |  | the Sabbath rest |  |  |  |  | nom observance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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