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title: Your sister says the dove painted in church means the Holy Spirit is… — What Christians believe: God, Jesus an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your sister says the dove painted in church means the Holy Spirit is a bird. Put her right. Test 6 of lesson 21 «What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 6 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit

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Your sister says the dove painted in church means the Holy Spirit is a bird. Put her right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sister, dove, Holy Spirit, you · **What happens:** say, paint, mean, be, put · **To what, where:** dove, church, bird · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 21 «What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit» 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/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your sister says the dove painted in church means the Holy Spirit is a bird.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:1
# text = Your sister says the dove painted in church means the Holy Spirit is a bird.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
12	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | the dove *not said here* |  | church |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in church=Destination |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the dove |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the Holy Spirit | a bird |  |  |  |  | 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:* Put her right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:2
# text = Put her right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | dove |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, the Spirit lives in doves near churches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, the Spirit lives in doves near churches
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the Spirit |  |  | doves near churches |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dove=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The dove means peace only, nothing about God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:o2:1
# text = The dove means peace only, nothing about God
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the dove | peace |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The dove is there because Noah built the church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:o3:1
# text = The dove is there because Noah built the church
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dove |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | past | Noah | the church |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The dove is a picture of God's Spirit, not a real bird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t6:o4:1
# text = The dove is a picture of God's Spirit, not a real bird
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the dove | a picture and a real bird |  |  |  | of God's Spirit | tree rules |

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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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