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title: Grandad died and your cousin asks if God cares when people are sad.… — The miracles of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad died and your cousin asks if God cares when people are sad. Which verse do Christians often point to? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 16 «The miracles of Jesus» 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 ch
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# Test 11 · ★ · The miracles of Jesus

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Grandad died and your cousin asks if God cares when people are sad. Which verse do Christians often point to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, cousin, God, people, verse · **What happens:** die, ask, care, be, point

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad died and your cousin asks if God cares when people are sad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:1
# text = Grandad died and your cousin asks if God cares when people are sad.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **care** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | God |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | present | people |  |  |  |  | sad *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:* Which verse do Christians often point to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:2
# text = Which verse do Christians often point to?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	often	often	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	point	point	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | present | which verse  Christians |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Peace, be still» in the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:o1:1
# text = «Peace, be still» in the storm
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | still *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Love your enemies» on the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:o2:1
# text = «Love your enemies» on the hill
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | your enemies |  | the hill |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enemy=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Jesus wept» at the tomb of Lazarus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:o3:1
# text = «Jesus wept» at the tomb of Lazarus
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Lazarus	Lazarus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** *in a quote* | past | Jesus |  |  | the tomb of Lazarus |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Let my people go» when Moses spoke to Pharaoh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t11:o4:1
# text = «Let my people go» when Moses spoke to Pharaoh
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | my people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | my people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Moses |  | Pharaoh |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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