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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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«He's the best player but he slags everyone off.» Which of Paul's sayings fits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** He, Paul · **What happens:** be, slag off, fit, say · **To what, where:** best player, everyone · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «He's the best player but he slags everyone off.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:1
# text = «He's the best player but he slags everyone off.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slags	slag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | He | the best player |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slag off** *in a quote* | present | he | everyone |  |  |  |  | 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 of Paul's sayings fits?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:2
# text = Which of Paul's sayings fits?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sayings	saying	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
6	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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 | **fit** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of Paul's sayings | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent of saying=Trajectory |
| 2 | **say** |  | Paul |  |  |  |  |  | nom saying «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Without love great gifts are like a clanging cymbal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:o1:1
# text = Without love great gifts are like a clanging cymbal
1	Without	without	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	clanging	clang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	cymbal	cymbal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clang** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | love great gifts |  |  |  |  | like a clanging cymbal | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Faith, hope and love remain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:o2:1
# text = Faith, hope and love remain
1	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Faith and hope and love |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:o3:1
# text = Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc	_	_
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Every part of the body is needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t4:o4:1
# text = Every part of the body is needed
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present · passive |  | every part of the body |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

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