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title: «He nicked my rubber and I'll never forgive him, ever.» Which words… — The Last Supper and the crucifixion · tree and pragmatics
description: «He nicked my rubber and I'll never forgive him, ever.» Which words from the cross would a Sunday-school teacher mention? Test 9 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 e
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# Test 9 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

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«He nicked my rubber and I'll never forgive him, ever.» Which words from the cross would a Sunday-school teacher mention?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** He, I · **What happens:** nick, not forgive · **To what, where:** rubber, him

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «He nicked my rubber and I'll never forgive him, ever.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:1
# text = «He nicked my rubber and I'll never forgive him, ever.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | past | He | my rubber |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubber=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **forgive** *in a quote* | future | I | him *= he* |  |  | ever |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «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:* Which words from the cross would a Sunday-school teacher mention?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:2
# text = Which words from the cross would a Sunday-school teacher mention?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
8	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	mention	mention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«My house shall be a house of prayer»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:o1:1
# text = «My house shall be a house of prayer»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | My house | a house |  |  |  | of prayer | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Hosanna»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:o2:1
# text = «Hosanna»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hosanna	Hosanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Father, forgive them»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:o3:1
# text = «Father, forgive them»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | Father *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Peace, be still»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:t9:o4:1
# text = «Peace, be still»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Peace *not said here* |  |  |  |  | still *property* | tree rules |

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