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# Exam question 1 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian doctrine of the Trinity?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, indoctrinate · **To what, where:** Christian doctrine, Trinity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 21 «What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian doctrine of the Trinity?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Trinity	Trinity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the Christian doctrine of the Trinity |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **indoctrinate** |  |  | the Trinity |  |  |  |  | nom doctrine «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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God, the Virgin Mary and Jesus as a divine household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:e1:o1:1
# text = God, the Virgin Mary and Jesus as a divine household
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Virgin	Virgin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three distinct deities acting in concert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:e1:o2:1
# text = Three distinct deities acting in concert
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	deities	deity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | gerund | Three distinct deities *not said here* |  |  | concert |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A single person appearing successively in three disguises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:e1:o3:1
# text = A single person appearing successively in three disguises
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	successively	successively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	disguises	disguise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | gerund | a single person *not said here* |  |  | three disguises |  | successively *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in disguise=Location |

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

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One God subsisting in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:e1:o4:1
# text = One God subsisting in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	subsisting	subsist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Son	Son	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
13	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subsist** | gerund | One God *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in three persons | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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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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