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title: A judge follows up: «What could a child do to help their church?» — Weddings, funerals and the people of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge follows up: «What could a child do to help their church?» Test 10 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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A judge follows up: «What could a child do to help their church?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, child · **What happens:** follow up, do, help · **To what, where:** church · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 25 «Weddings, funerals and the people of the church» 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/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t10:1
# text = A judge follows up: «What could a child do to help their church?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow up** | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | could | a child |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | their church |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Beneficiary |

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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 {#o1}

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Only put money in the collection plate, and nothing else at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t10:o1:1
# text = Only put money in the collection plate, and nothing else at all
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obl	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | money |  | the collection plate |  | nothing *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme in plate=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Help with tidying, reading, welcoming or caring for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t10:o2:1
# text = Help with tidying, reading, welcoming or caring for others
1	Help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	tidying	tidying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	welcoming	welcoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for others | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for other=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, children are not allowed to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t10:o3:1
# text = Nothing, children are not allowed to help
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell adults what they are doing wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t10:o4:1
# text = Tell adults what they are doing wrong
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | adults |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | present · progressive | adults *= adult* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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