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description: «my mate says miracles are just magic tricks lol». What would a Christian say the miracles are meant to do? Test 2 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · The miracles of Jesus

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«my mate says miracles are just magic tricks lol». What would a Christian say the miracles are meant to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, miracles, Christian · **What happens:** say, be, mean, do · **To what, where:** magic tricks, miracles · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «my mate says miracles are just magic tricks lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:1
# text = «my mate says miracles are just magic tricks lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	miracles	miracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	ccomp	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	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* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | miracles | magic tricks |  |  |  |  | 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 would a Christian say the miracles are meant to do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:2
# text = What would a Christian say the miracles are meant to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	miracles	miracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a Christian |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present · passive |  | the miracles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Point to who Jesus is and to God's care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:o1:1
# text = Point to who Jesus is and to God's care
1	Point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	care	care	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** | present | Point to Jesus |  |  |  |  | to God's care | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Scare people into obeying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:o2:1
# text = Scare people into obeying
1	Scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	obeying	obey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | imperative | you *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |
| 2 | **obey** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Make Jesus rich and famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:o3:1
# text = Make Jesus rich and famous
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | Jesus |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jesus=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Entertain the crowds at parties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t2:o4:1
# text = Entertain the crowds at parties
1	Entertain	entertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the crowds |  | parties |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crowd=Experiencer |

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