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description: It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house. Ascertain his subsequent conduct. Exam question 3 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 optio
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# Exam question 3 · Jesus' life and teaching

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It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house. Ascertain his subsequent conduct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Zacchaeus, you · **What happens:** give, receive, ascertain, conduct · **To what, where:** It, Jesus, house, subsequent conduct

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:1
# text = It is given that Zacchaeus, a collector of taxes, received Jesus into his house.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	collector	collector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **receive** | past | Zacchaeus | Jesus |  | Zacchaeus's house |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=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:* Ascertain his subsequent conduct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:2
# text = Ascertain his subsequent conduct.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | Zacchaeus's subsequent conduct |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | Zacchaeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He resigned his office and fled the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:o1:1
# text = He resigned his office and fled the town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resigned	resign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resign** | past | He | his office |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent office=Theme |
| 2 | **flee** | past | He *not said here* | the town |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme town=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He restored fourfold that which he had wrongfully taken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:o2:1
# text = He restored fourfold that which he had wrongfully taken
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fourfold	fourfol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	wrongfully	wrongfully	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fourfol** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | wrongfully *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He declined to make any restitution whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:o3:1
# text = He declined to make any restitution whatsoever
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **make** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | any restitution |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset restitution=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was received among the twelve apostles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:e3:o4:1
# text = He was received among the twelve apostles
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	apostles	apostle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · passive |  | He |  | the twelve apostles |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme among apostle=Location |

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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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