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title: A classmate who is a humanist asks, «Do you have to be religious to… — Paul, his letters and the way of love · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate who is a humanist asks, «Do you have to be religious to be patient and kind?» What is a fair answer? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 ea
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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A classmate who is a humanist asks, «Do you have to be religious to be patient and kind?» What is a fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, you · **What happens:** be, ask, have · **To what, where:** humanist, fair answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate who is a humanist asks, «Do you have to be religious to be patient and kind?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:1
# text = A classmate who is a humanist asks, «Do you have to be religious to be patient and kind?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	humanist	humanist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
18	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advcl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a classmate | a humanist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | religious *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | patient *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** *in a quote* |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 is a fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:2
# text = What is a fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **is a** | present |  | a fair answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, only Christians can ever be kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, only Christians can ever be kind
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Christians |  |  |  | ever | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, and humanists are never patient

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, and humanists are never patient
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	humanists	humanist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	patient	patient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | humanists |  |  |  |  | patient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, because kindness doesn't matter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:o3:1
# text = No, because kindness doesn't matter at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | kindness |  |  | all |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, people of every faith and none can be; Christians see it as the Spirit's fruit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t6:o4:1
# text = No, people of every faith and none can be; Christians see it as the Spirit's fruit
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	conj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | people of every faith |  |  |  |  | as the Spirit's fruit; see *property* | tree rules |

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