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description: Identify the location within the Scriptures of the discourse designated the Sermon on the Mount. Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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 choice wa
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# Exam question 1 · The Sermon on the Mount

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Identify the location within the Scriptures of the discourse designated the Sermon on the Mount.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Scriptures · **What happens:** identify, designate · **To what, where:** location, Sermon, Mount

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e1:1
# text = Identify the location within the Scriptures of the discourse designated the Sermon on the Mount.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Scriptures	Scripture	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	discourse	discourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	designated	designate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Sermon	Sermon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | past | the Scriptures of the discourse | the Sermon |  | the Mount |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sermon=Theme |

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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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The Acts of the Apostles, chapter two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e1:o1:1
# text = The Acts of the Apostles, chapter two
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Acts	Act	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Apostles	Apostle	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Book of Psalms, Psalm twenty-three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e1:o2:1
# text = The Book of Psalms, Psalm twenty-three
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Psalms	Psalm	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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The Gospel according to Matthew, chapters five to seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e1:o3:1
# text = The Gospel according to Matthew, chapters five to seven
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gospel	Gospel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chapters	chapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Book of Genesis, chapters one to three, at the very beginning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:e1:o4:1
# text = The Book of Genesis, chapters one to three, at the very beginning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	chapters	chapter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chapter** | present | the Book of Genesis | one |  |  |  | to three | 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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