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title: cousin: «Jesus said yes to the devil once in the desert, then stoppe… — Jesus' life and teaching · tree and pragmatics
description: cousin: «Jesus said yes to the devil once in the desert, then stopped». right? Test 1 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Jesus' life and teaching

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cousin: «Jesus said yes to the devil once in the desert, then stopped». right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jesus · **What happens:** say, stop · **To what, where:** devil · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t1:1
# text = cousin: «Jesus said yes to the devil once in the desert, then stopped». right?
1	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
19	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Jesus |  | the devil |  |  | once *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to devil=Recipient |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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No, he said no every single time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t1:o1:1
# text = No, he said no every single time
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he gave in to the first temptation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, he gave in to the first temptation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	temptation	temptation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give in** | past | he |  |  |  |  | to the first temptation | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to temptation=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he was never tempted at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t1:o3:1
# text = No, he was never tempted at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	tempted	tempt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tempt** | past · passive |  | he |  | all |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, then the disciples saved him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, then the disciples saved him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	disciples	disciple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | the disciples | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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