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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ordination of women. Exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 4 · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ordination of women.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, ordination

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the ordination of women.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ordination	ordination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the ordination of women |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ordination=Experiencer |

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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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No Christian church at present ordains women

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e4:o1:1
# text = No Christian church at present ordains women
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	ordains	ordain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | present | no Christian church at present | women |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All Christian churches ordain women to every office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e4:o2:1
# text = All Christian churches ordain women to every office
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ordain	ordain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | present | all Christian churches | women |  |  |  | to every office | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme to office=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many Protestant and Anglican churches ordain women; the Catholic and Orthodox churches do not

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e4:o3:1
# text = Many Protestant and Anglican churches ordain women; the Catholic and Orthodox churches do not
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	Protestant	protestant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Anglican	anglican	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ordain	ordain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Orthodox	orthodox	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | present | Many Protestant churches | women |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present | the Catholic churches |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the Catholic Church ordains women as priests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:e4:o4:1
# text = Only the Catholic Church ordains women as priests
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Catholic	Catholic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ordains	ordain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ordain** | present | the Catholic Church | women |  |  |  | as priests | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme as priest=Attribute |

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