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title: «I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will… — Easter and Pentecost · tree and pragmatics
description: «I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross». Which story would help? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Easter and Pentecost» 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 was
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# Test 4 · ★ · Easter and Pentecost

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«I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross». Which story would help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, vicar, story · **What happens:** get, be, help · **To what, where:** loads

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «Easter and Pentecost» 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/19-easter-and-pentecost/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:1
# text = «I've got loads of questions about God and I'm scared the vicar will be cross».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | loads of questions about God |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | future | the vicar |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | 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 story would help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:2
# text = Which story would help?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would | which story |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The traders in the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:o1:1
# text = The traders in the Temple
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Judas betraying Jesus for silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:o2:1
# text = Judas betraying Jesus for silver
1	Judas	Judas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	betraying	betray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **betray** | gerund | Judas | Jesus |  |  |  | for silver | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Peter denying Jesus three times by the fire in the courtyard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:o3:1
# text = Peter denying Jesus three times by the fire in the courtyard
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denying	deny	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deny** | gerund | Peter | Jesus |  |  | time | by the fire in the courtyard | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Doubting Thomas, whose doubts Jesus met with patience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:19-easter-and-pentecost:t4:o4:1
# text = Doubting Thomas, whose doubts Jesus met with patience
1	Doubting	doubt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	Thomas	Thomas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	doubts	doubt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | gerund |  | Thomas doubts |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | past | Jesus |  |  |  |  | with patience | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with patience=Co-Agent |

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