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description: my cousin reckons Christians all think Adam and Eve were deffo two real people. true? Test 9 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my cousin reckons Christians all think Adam and Eve were deffo two real people. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Adam · **What happens:** reckon, think, be · **To what, where:** Christians, two real people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t9:1
# text = my cousin reckons Christians all think Adam and Eve were deffo two real people. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	Adam	Adam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	deffo	deffo	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin | Christians |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent christian=Attribute |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | my cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Adam and Eve | two real people |  |  |  | deffo *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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, no Christian ever thought they were real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t9:o1:1
# text = No, no Christian ever thought they were real
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | no Christian |  |  |  | ever |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians think they were angels, not people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t9:o2:1
# text = Christians think they were angels, not people
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Christians *= christian* | angels and people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not all; some think so, others read it as a story about all humanity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t9:o3:1
# text = Not all; some think so, others read it as a story about all humanity
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	humanity	humanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | past | others | it |  |  |  | as a story about all humanity | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus as story=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every Christian thinks exactly that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:2-adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, every Christian thinks exactly that
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | every Christian |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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