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# Test 3 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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«Jake pushed me yesterday so I'm gonna shove him back harder, fair's fair.» What does Jesus' teaching say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jake, I, teaching, Jesus · **What happens:** push, shove, say, teach · **To what, where:** me, Jake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Jake pushed me yesterday so I'm gonna shove him back harder, fair's fair.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:1
# text = «Jake pushed me yesterday so I'm gonna shove him back harder, fair's fair.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	gonna	gonna	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	shove	shove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	harder	hard	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** *in a quote* | past | Jake | me |  |  | yesterday | 's fair; fair *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **shove** *in a quote* | present | I | Jake |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does Jesus' teaching say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:2
# text = What does Jesus' teaching say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Jesus's teaching |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** |  | Jesus |  |  |  |  |  | nom teaching «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Do not take revenge; break the cycle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:o1:1
# text = Do not take revenge; break the cycle
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | revenge |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the cycle |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cycle=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pay him back exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:o2:1
# text = Pay him back exactly the same
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Get your friends to shove him for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:o3:1
# text = Get your friends to shove him for you
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shove	shove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | your friends |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shove** | to-infinitive | your friends *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | for you | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Wait and get him when no one is looking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t3:o4:1
# text = Wait and get him when no one is looking
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **look** | present · progressive | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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