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title: «Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's cha… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics
description: «Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.» What would a peacemaker do? Test 2 · ★★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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«Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.» What would a peacemaker do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two lads, everyone, peacemaker · **What happens:** be, fight, chant, do · **To what, where:** bike shed

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:1
# text = «Two lads are about to fight behind the bike shed and everyone's chanting.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	chanting	chant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Two lads |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Two lads *not said here* |  |  | the bike shed |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **chant** *in a quote* | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 peacemaker do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:2
# text = What would a peacemaker 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	peacemaker	peacemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would | a peacemaker |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Film it to show everyone later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:o1:1
# text = Film it to show everyone later
1	Film	film	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **film** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  | late *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Try to calm it down and get an adult if needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:o2:1
# text = Try to calm it down and get an adult if needed
1	Try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	calm	calm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **calm down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
| 4 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk away and say nothing to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:o3:1
# text = Walk away and say nothing to anyone
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Join the chanting so as not to look soft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t2:o4:1
# text = Join the chanting so as not to look soft
1	Join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chanting	chanting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | imperative | you *not said here* | the chanting |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chanting=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **look** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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