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description: An olympiad judge asks: «Why might someone want to wait until they're older to be confirmed?» Best answer? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · Baptism, communion and confirmation

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An olympiad judge asks: «Why might someone want to wait until they're older to be confirmed?» Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** olympiad judge, someone, they · **What happens:** ask, want, wait, be, confirm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An olympiad judge asks: «Why might someone want to wait until they're older to be confirmed?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:1
# text = An olympiad judge asks: «Why might someone want to wait until they're older to be confirmed?»
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	parataxis	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a olympiad judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | might | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **wait** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **confirm** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP» |

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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 answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	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 {#o1}

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Because confirmation is only for adults by law in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:o1:1
# text = Because confirmation is only for adults by law in every country
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | confirmation |  |  |  |  | for adults; by law in every country | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because older people get bigger presents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:o2:1
# text = Because older people get bigger presents
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | older people | bigger presents |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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So the promise is truly their own, made with understanding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:o3:1
# text = So the promise is truly their own, made with understanding
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the promise |  |  |  |  | own, truly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle | the promise *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with understanding | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Because the bishop is too busy for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:24-baptism-communion-and-confirmation:t7:o4:1
# text = Because the bishop is too busy for children
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bishop |  |  |  |  | for children; busy *property* | tree rules |

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