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title: Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two,… — Baptism, communion and confirmation · tree and pragmatics
description: Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.» Best reply? Test 11 · ★★ 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; 
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Baptism, communion and confirmation

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Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.» Best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, church, yours · **What happens:** say, have · **To what, where:** seven sacraments, two, more God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Baptism, communion and confirmation» 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/24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:1
# text = Your friend says, «My church has seven sacraments and yours has two, so mine has more God.»
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	sacraments	sacrament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	amod	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	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 friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | My church | seven sacraments |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrament=Patient |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | yours | two |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Your friend *= friend* | more God |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:2
# text = Best reply?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Churches count differently, but all value God's grace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:o1:1
# text = Churches count differently, but all value God's grace
1	Churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	differently	differently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
7	value	value	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Churches |  |  |  |  | differently *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **value** | present | all | God's grace |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grace=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Seven is more than two, so his church does have more of God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:o2:1
# text = Seven is more than two, so his church does have more of God
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | two |  |  |  |  | more *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present · do-support | two *not said here* | his church |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two is fewer, so it is purer and better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:o3:1
# text = Two is fewer, so it is purer and better
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	purer	pure	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | few *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | pure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sacraments are not about God at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t11:o4:1
# text = Sacraments are not about God at all
1	Sacraments	sacrament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Sacraments |  |  | all |  | about God | tree rules |

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