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title: Mia's church has a woman vicar. A boy says «that's not allowed, girl… — Weddings, funerals and the people of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia's church has a woman vicar. A boy says «that's not allowed, girls can't be priests». What is the fair answer? Test 5 · ★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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Mia's church has a woman vicar. A boy says «that's not allowed, girls can't be priests». What is the fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** church, boy, girls, fair answer · **What happens:** have, say, not allow, not be, be · **To what, where:** woman vicar, that, priests · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia's church has a woman vicar.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:1
# text = Mia's church has a woman vicar.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mia's church | a woman vicar |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vicar=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:* A boy says «that's not allowed, girls can't be priests».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:2
# text = A boy says «that's not allowed, girls can't be priests».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | a boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **allow** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | that |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can | girls | priests |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:3
# text = What is the fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fair answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's right, no church allows women leaders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:o1:1
# text = He's right, no church allows women leaders
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	allows	allow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** | present | no church | women leaders |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a law of the country, not a church question

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a law of the country, not a church question
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	question	question	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 |  | a law and a church question |  |  |  | of the country | tree rules |

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

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Churches disagree; many allow it, Catholic and Orthodox do not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:o3:1
# text = Churches disagree; many allow it, Catholic and Orthodox do not
1	Churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	allow	allow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Orthodox	orthodox	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | Churches |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **allow** | present | many | it |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **do** | present | Catholic |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Women have always led every church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t5:o4:1
# text = Women have always led every church
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present · perfect · passive |  | Women |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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