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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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A judge asks, «Why might love be greater than faith and hope?» Which answer is best reasoned?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge · **What happens:** ask, love, be, reason · **To what, where:** answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Paul, his letters and the way of love» 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/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A judge asks, «Why might love be greater than faith and hope?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:1
# text = A judge asks, «Why might love be greater than faith and hope?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	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	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | might |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | than faith and hope; great *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 answer is best reasoned?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:2
# text = Which answer is best reasoned?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **reason** | present · passive |  | which answer |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Because faith and hope are only for old people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:o1:1
# text = Because faith and hope are only for old people
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | faith and hope |  |  |  |  | for old people | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Paul says love lasts for ever and is shown to others; some might value faith most, but love includes it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:o2:1
# text = Paul says love lasts for ever and is shown to others; some might value faith most, but love includes it
1	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	value	value	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Paul |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **last** | present | love |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | present · passive | love *not said here* |  | others |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: to other=Recipient |
| 4 | **value** | might | some | faith |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faith=Stimulus |
| 5 | **include** | present | love | faith |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because Paul said so, and that is all you need to say

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:o3:1
# text = Because Paul said so, and that is all you need to say
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	ccomp	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Paul |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **need** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because love is the easiest of the three to feel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t10:o4:1
# text = Because love is the easiest of the three to feel
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	easiest	easy	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | love |  |  |  |  | of the three; easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | love *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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