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title: Mum says she's scared about the operation. Which story do Christians… — The miracles of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum says she's scared about the operation. Which story do Christians use for trusting Jesus in frightening times? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · The miracles of Jesus

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Mum says she's scared about the operation. Which story do Christians use for trusting Jesus in frightening times?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, story · **What happens:** say, be, use, trust · **To what, where:** Jesus · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum says she's scared about the operation.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:1
# text = Mum says she's scared about the operation.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	operation	operation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | about the operation; scared *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 story do Christians use for trusting Jesus in frightening times?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:2
# text = Which story do Christians use for trusting Jesus in frightening times?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	trusting	trust	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · do-support | which story |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **trust** | gerund | which story *not said here* | Jesus |  |  | time |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The wedding at Cana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:o1:1
# text = The wedding at Cana
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cana	Cana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Jesus calming the storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:o2:1
# text = Jesus calming the storm
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calming	calm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calm** | gerund | Jesus | the storm |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus storm=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ten lepers going to the priests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:o3:1
# text = The ten lepers going to the priests
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	lepers	leper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund | the ten lepers *not said here* |  |  | the priests |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to priest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The twelve baskets of leftovers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:16-the-miracles-of-jesus:t8:o4:1
# text = The twelve baskets of leftovers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	baskets	basket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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