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title: «put your own name in instead of love: "Sam is patient, Sam is kind,… — Paul, his letters and the way of love · tree and pragmatics
description: «put your own name in instead of love: "Sam is patient, Sam is kind, Sam is not rude"». What is this exercise for? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Paul, his letters and the way of love» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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«put your own name in instead of love: "Sam is patient, Sam is kind, Sam is not rude"». What is this exercise for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Sam, your · **What happens:** put, be, not be, name · **To what, where:** own name, love · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «put your own name in instead of love: "Sam is patient, Sam is kind, Sam is not rude"».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:1
# text = «put your own name in instead of love: "Sam is patient, Sam is kind, Sam is not rude"».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | your own name |  | love |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  | patient *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **is** | present | Sam |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **name** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 is this exercise for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:2
# text = What is this exercise for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for this exercise | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To learn the passage by heart faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:o1:1
# text = To learn the passage by heart faster
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | the passage |  |  |  | by heart; fast *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To prove you are better than others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:o2:1
# text = To prove you are better than others
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | than others; good *property* | tree rules |

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

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To see which parts of love you find hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:o3:1
# text = To see which parts of love you find hard
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **find** | present | which parts of love |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To change the words of the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t12:o4:1
# text = To change the words of the Bible
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | the words of the Bible |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | the Bible |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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