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description: Your friend says: "That kid broke my pencil, so I'm gonna wreck his whole bag." What does the mark of Cain teach? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2 «Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

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Your friend says: "That kid broke my pencil, so I'm gonna wreck his whole bag." What does the mark of Cain teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, kid · **What happens:** say, break, wreck, do, mark · **To what, where:** pencil, whole bag, mark, Cain teach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2 «Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel» 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/2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says: "That kid broke my pencil, so I'm gonna wreck his whole bag."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:1
# text = Your friend says: "That kid broke my pencil, so I'm gonna wreck his whole bag."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pencil	pencil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	dep	_	_
16	wreck	wreck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **break** *in a quote* | past | that kid | my pencil |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pencil=Patient |
| 3 | **wreck** *in a quote* | present | Your friend *= friend* | kid's whole bag |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Patient |

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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 the mark of Cain teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:2
# text = What does the mark of Cain teach?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Cain	Cain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	teach	teach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the mark of Cain teach |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mark** |  |  | Cain teach |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Bible says always pay back twice as much as was done to you, at least

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:o1:1
# text = The Bible says always pay back twice as much as was done to you, at least
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay back** | infinitive |  | much |  | least |  | always *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Asset |
| 3 | **do** | past · passive |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Revenge is fair if you do it bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:o2:1
# text = Revenge is fair if you do it bigger
1	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Revenge |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Revenge |  |  |  | big *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You must never tell anyone about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:o3:1
# text = You must never tell anyone about it
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | must | You |  | anyone |  |  | about it | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Justice is not endless revenge; paying back bigger makes it worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t5:o4:1
# text = Justice is not endless revenge; paying back bigger makes it worse
1	Justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
10	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Justice | endless revenge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | paying | Justice |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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