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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance attributed to the miracles of Jesus in the Gospel according to John? Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «The miracles of Jesus» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 1 · The miracles of Jesus

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance attributed to the miracles of Jesus in the Gospel according to John?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, attribute, accord · **To what, where:** significance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «The miracles of Jesus» 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/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance attributed to the miracles of Jesus in the Gospel according to John?
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	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	miracles	miracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	case	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	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 significance |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attribute** | participle |  | the significance *not said here* |  |  |  | to the miracles of Jesus in the Gospel; accord John | tree rules |
| 4 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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They are ordinary events without further meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:e1:o1:1
# text = They are ordinary events without further meaning
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | ordinary events |  |  |  | without further meaning | tree rules |

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

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They are signs which point to the identity of Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:e1:o2:1
# text = They are signs which point to the identity of Jesus
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	point	point	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | signs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** | present | signs |  | the identity of Jesus |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to identity=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are punishments inflicted upon unbelievers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:e1:o3:1
# text = They are punishments inflicted upon unbelievers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	punishments	punishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	unbelievers	unbeliever	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | punishments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **inflict** | participle |  | punishments *not said here* |  |  |  | upon unbelievers | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are entertainments intended for the crowds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:e1:o4:1
# text = They are entertainments intended for the crowds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	entertainments	entertainment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | entertainments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | participle |  | entertainments *not said here* |  |  |  | for the crowds | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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