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description: Your sister says love is a feeling and nothing else. What does 1 Corinthians 13 suggest? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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Your sister says love is a feeling and nothing else. What does 1 Corinthians 13 suggest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, love, 1 Corinthians · **What happens:** say, be, suggest · **To what, where:** feeling · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister says love is a feeling and nothing else.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:1
# text = Your sister says love is a feeling and nothing else.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	conj	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | love | a feeling |  |  |  |  | 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:* What does 1 Corinthians 13 suggest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:2
# text = What does 1 Corinthians 13 suggest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	Corinthians	Corinthian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | 1 Corinthians |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Love means agreeing with everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:o1:1
# text = Love means agreeing with everything
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	ccomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Love |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with everything | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everything=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Love is shown in actions like patience and kindness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:o2:1
# text = Love is shown in actions like patience and kindness
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | Love |  |  |  | in actions like patience and kindness | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in action=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Love is the same as liking someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:o3:1
# text = Love is the same as liking someone
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	liking	like	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Love |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | gerund | Love *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Love is only about romance and falling in love with someone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t3:o4:1
# text = Love is only about romance and falling in love with someone
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	romance	romance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Love |  |  |  |  | about romance | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | gerund | Love *not said here* |  |  | love |  | with someone | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |

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