--- title: Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» A fa… — Jesus' life and teaching · tree and pragmatics description: Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» A fair Christian answer? Test 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 option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Jesus' life and teaching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Jesus' life and teaching Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» A fair Christian answer? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** baptise · **To what, where:** Atheist friend This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:1 # text = Atheist friend: «If Jesus did nothing wrong, why get baptised?» 1 Atheist atheist ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ 9 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 baptised baptise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **baptise** *in a quote* | past · passive · do-support | | Atheist friend | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* A fair Christian answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:2 # text = A fair Christian answer? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Because he had done many wrongs ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:o1:1 # text = Because he had done many wrongs 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 wrongs wrong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | he | many wrongs | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because John forced him into the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:o2:1 # text = Because John forced him into the river 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forced force VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past | John | | him *= he* | the river | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because baptism made him God's Son ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:o3:1 # text = Because baptism made him God's Son 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 baptism baptism NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | baptism | God's Son | him *= he* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary son=Product | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To join ordinary people at the start of his work ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t2:o4:1 # text = To join ordinary people at the start of his work 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 join join VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | to-infinitive | | ordinary people | | the start of his work | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 2 | **start** | | | his work | | | | | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **work** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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