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title: My friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerfu… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics
description: My friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerful. What do you put right? Test 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 was wrong
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# Test 1 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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My friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerful. What do you put right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Beatitudes, you · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** blessings · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 17 «The Sermon on the Mount» 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/17-the-sermon-on-the-mount/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerful.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:1
# text = My friend says the Beatitudes are blessings for the rich and powerful.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Beatitudes	Beatitude	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	blessings	blessing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the Beatitudes | blessings |  |  |  | for the rich | 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 do you put right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:2
# text = What do you put right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They bless kings and rulers who win wars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:o1:1
# text = They bless kings and rulers who win wars
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bless	bless	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | present | They | kings and rulers |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | present | kings and rulers | wars |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality |

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

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They bless people the world overlooks, like the meek and those who mourn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:o2:1
# text = They bless people the world overlooks, like the meek and those who mourn
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bless	bless	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	overlooks	overlook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meek	meek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	mourn	mourn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | present | They | people |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **overlook** | present | the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mourn** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They bless the people who keep the most rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:o3:1
# text = They bless the people who keep the most rules
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bless	bless	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | present | They | the people |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the people | the most rules |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They bless only the twelve disciples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t1:o4:1
# text = They bless only the twelve disciples
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bless	bless	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	disciples	disciple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | present | They | the twelve disciples |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disciple=Theme |

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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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