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# Test 4 · ★ · What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and he…

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«I got God's love cos I'm the best in Sunday school,» brags a boy. What's the Christian answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, God, Christian answer · **What happens:** get, be, brag, love · **To what, where:** love, Sunday school · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 22 «What Christians believe: prayer, forgiveness, grace and heaven» 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/22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I got God's love cos I'm the best in Sunday school,» brags a boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:1
# text = «I got God's love cos I'm the best in Sunday school,» brags a boy.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	csubj	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
17	brags	brag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | a boy *= boy* | God's love |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a boy *= boy* |  |  | Sunday school |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **brag** *speech: other* | present | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **love** *in a quote* |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the Christian answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:2
# text = What's the Christian answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Christian answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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God's love is a free gift, not a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:o1:1
# text = God's love is a free gift, not a prize
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | God's love | a free gift and a prize |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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God's love is earned by memorising verses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:o2:1
# text = God's love is earned by memorising verses
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	earned	earn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	memorising	memoris	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present · passive | memorising verses | God's love |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **memoris** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the best pupil gets the most love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, the best pupil gets the most love
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the best pupil | the most love |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He'll lose God's love if he comes second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:22-prayer-forgiveness-grace-and-heaven:t4:o4:1
# text = He'll lose God's love if he comes second
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	second	second	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | future | He | God's love |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | God |  |  |  |  | second *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **love** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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