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title: Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her… — The Sermon on the Mount · tree and pragmatics
description: Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip. Which teaching fits? Test 5 · ★★ 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 ch
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The Sermon on the Mount

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Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip. Which teaching fits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, friend, own room, teaching · **What happens:** keep, tell, be, fit · **To what, where:** everyone, tip · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:1
# text = Your sister keeps telling everyone how messy her friend is, but her own room is a tip.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	iobj	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	messy	messy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Your sister |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Your sister *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | sister's friend |  |  |  |  | messy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | sister's own room | a tip |  |  |  |  | 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 teaching fits?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:2
# text = Which teaching fits?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | which teaching |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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You are the light of the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:o1:1
# text = You are the light of the world
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | You | the light |  |  |  | of the world | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Store up treasure in heaven, not on earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:o2:1
# text = Store up treasure in heaven, not on earth
1	Store	store	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store up** | imperative | you *not said here* | treasure |  | heaven |  | on earth | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme in heaven=Location |

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

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Take the plank out of your own eye first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:o3:1
# text = Take the plank out of your own eye first
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plank |  | your own eye |  | first *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent plank=Theme out eye=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Blessed are those who mourn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:17-the-sermon-on-the-mount:t5:o4:1
# text = Blessed are those who mourn
1	Blessed	bless	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mourn	mourn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | bless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mourn** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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