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# Test 10 · ★ · The miracles of Jesus

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A judge asks: «Can a Christian who doubts some miracle stories still be a Christian?» What is the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, Christian, fairest answer · **What happens:** ask, doubt, be · **To what, where:** miracle stories · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 16 «The miracles of Jesus» 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/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A judge asks: «Can a Christian who doubts some miracle stories still be a Christian?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:1
# text = A judge asks: «Can a Christian who doubts some miracle stories still be a Christian?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	doubts	doubt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	miracle	miracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **doubt** *in a quote* | present | a Christian | some miracle stories |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | a Christian *not said here* |  |  |  | still | christian *property* | tree rules |

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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:* What is the fairest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:2
# text = What is the fairest answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fairest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, because doubting is always a sin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:o1:1
# text = No, because doubting is always a sin
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	doubting	doubting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | doubting | a sin |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, some Christians read some stories symbolically; this is disputed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, some Christians read some stories symbolically; this is disputed
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	symbolically	symbolically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | some Christians | some stories |  |  |  | symbolically *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic |
| 2 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | this |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, every Christian must believe every story in the same way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:o3:1
# text = No, every Christian must believe every story in the same way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | must | every Christian | every story |  | the same way |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, because miracles do not matter to any Christian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, because miracles do not matter to any Christian
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	miracles	miracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | miracles |  |  |  |  | to any | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to any=Experiencer |

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