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description: «priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend. Which answer is most accurate? Test 11 · ★ 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 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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«priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend. Which answer is most accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** priest, answer · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:1
# text = «priest, vicar, pastor, same thing lol» says a friend.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | priest and vicar and pastor and same thing | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |

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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:* Which answer is most accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:2
# text = Which answer is most accurate?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which answer |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only Catholics have any church leaders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:o1:1
# text = Only Catholics have any church leaders
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Catholics	Catholic	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Catholics | any church leaders |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Patient |

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

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All lead churches, but names differ by church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:o2:1
# text = All lead churches, but names differ by church
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	lead	lead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | all lead churches |  |  |  |  | by church | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are three ranks of leader, and the pastor is the highest one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:o3:1
# text = They are three ranks of leader, and the pastor is the highest one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	ranks	rank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | three ranks and the highest one |  |  |  | of leader | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the pastor | the highest one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A pastor is a priest who looks after sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t11:o4:1
# text = A pastor is a priest who looks after sheep
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a pastor | a priest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a priest |  |  |  | after sheep |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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