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title: Identify the principal ground upon which certain churches administer… — Baptism, communion and confirmation · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal ground upon which certain churches administer baptism solely to believers. Exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 2 · Baptism, communion and confirmation

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Identify the principal ground upon which certain churches administer baptism solely to believers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, certain churches · **What happens:** identify, administer · **To what, where:** principal ground, baptism

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» 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/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal ground upon which certain churches administer baptism solely to believers.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	administer	administer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	baptism	baptism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	believers	believer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal ground |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ground=Theme |
| 2 | **administer** | present | certain churches | baptism |  |  |  | upon the principal ground; solely *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent baptism=Theme |

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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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That infants are excluded from the love of God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e2:o1:1
# text = That infants are excluded from the love of God
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	excluded	exclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	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 | **exclude** | present · passive |  | that infants |  | the love of God |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from love=Eventuality |
| 2 | **love** |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That faith ought to be the personal decision of the one baptised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e2:o2:1
# text = That faith ought to be the personal decision of the one baptised
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	baptised	baptise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | ought | that faith | the personal decision |  |  |  | of the one | tree rules |
| 2 | **baptise** | participle |  | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That infants are of insufficient weight to be immersed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e2:o3:1
# text = That infants are of insufficient weight to be immersed
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	immersed	immerse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that infants |  |  |  |  | of insufficient weight | tree rules |
| 2 | **immerse** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That water is deemed injurious to infants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:e2:o4:1
# text = That water is deemed injurious to infants
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	injurious	injurious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | that water |  |  |  | to infants; injurious *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |

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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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