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title: Which is the best reason Paul's words were written as letters? — Paul, his letters and the way of love · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best reason Paul's words were written as letters? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Paul, his letters and the way of love

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Which is the best reason Paul's words were written as letters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best reason, Paul · **What happens:** be, write, word · **To what, where:** best reason, words

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t9:1
# text = Which is the best reason Paul's words were written as letters?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | past · passive | the best reason *not said here* | Paul's words |  |  |  | as letters | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Result as letter=Attribute |
| 3 | **word** |  | Paul |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He wanted to hide his teaching from the churches he had started

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t9:o1:1
# text = He wanted to hide his teaching from the churches he had started
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his teaching |  | the churches |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent teaching=Patient from church=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **start** | past · perfect | he | the churches *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Eventuality |
| 4 | **teach** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom teaching «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He did not know how to preach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t9:o2:1
# text = He did not know how to preach
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	preach	preach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **preach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He was far away and churches needed advice for real problems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t9:o3:1
# text = He was far away and churches needed advice for real problems
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Letters were the only thing people read then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love:t9:o4:1
# text = Letters were the only thing people read then
1	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Letters | the only thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | present | people | the only thing *not said here* |  |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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