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title: A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church wh… — The Last Supper and the crucifixion · tree and pragmatics
description: A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment. What is a good answer? Test 3 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

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A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment. What is a good answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, cross · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** church, punishment, good answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:1
# text = A friend from a Hindu family asks why the cross is on your church when it was a punishment.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a friend from a Hindu family |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the cross |  |  | your church |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | cross | a punishment |  |  |  |  | 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 is a good answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:2
# text = What is a good answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a good answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Christians believe God turned the worst into a sign of love and hope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:o1:1
# text = Christians believe God turned the worst into a sign of love and hope
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | past | God | the worst |  | a sign of love and hope |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bad=Theme into sign=Trajectory |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | love |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because it is a sign of the Pope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:o2:1
# text = Because it is a sign of the Pope
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because Christians like punishments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:o3:1
# text = Because Christians like punishments
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	2	case	_	_
2	Christians	christian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	punishments	punishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the Romans built all the churches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t3:o4:1
# text = Because the Romans built all the churches
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the Romans | all churches |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Product |

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