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Test 7 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 questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [What Christians believe: God, Jesus an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/) / t7 # Test 7 · What Christians believe: God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit «Shut up, Jesus was just a nice bloke who told stories,» says an older boy. What do Christians believe instead? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jesus, nice bloke, older boy, Christians · **What happens:** shut up, be, tell, say, believe · **To what, where:** nice bloke, stories · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «Shut up, Jesus was just a nice bloke who told stories,» says an older boy. ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:1 # text = «Shut up, Jesus was just a nice bloke who told stories,» says an older boy. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 5 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bloke bloke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 19 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Jesus | a nice bloke | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a nice bloke | stories | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a older boy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What do Christians believe instead? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:2 # text = What do Christians believe instead? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present · do-support | Christians | | | | | instead *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Jesus was an angel who looked like a man ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:o1:1 # text = Jesus was an angel who looked like a man 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Jesus | a angel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | a angel | | | | | like a man | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Jesus was a king who later became God ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:o2:1 # text = Jesus was a king who later became God 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Jesus | a king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | a king | God | | | | late *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient god=Result | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Jesus is fully God and fully human ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:o3:1 # text = Jesus is fully God and fully human 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 fully fully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 fully fully ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Jesus | God | | | | fully *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Jesus *not said here* | | | | | fully *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Jesus was God and only seemed human ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit:t7:o4:1 # text = Jesus was God and only seemed human 1 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 amod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Jesus God | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | past | Jesus God | | | | | human *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | **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. 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