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title: An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women… — Weddings, funerals and the people of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?» Best-reasoned answer? Test 7 · ★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★ · Weddings, funerals and the people of the church

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An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?» Best-reasoned answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** olympiad judge, reasons · **What happens:** ask, give on, reason · **To what, where:** women, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:1
# text = An olympiad judge asks: «What reasons might each side give on women as priests?»
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	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	iobj	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	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»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give on** *in a quote* | present | what reasons  each side |  | women |  |  | as priests | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |

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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-reasoned answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:2
# text = Best-reasoned answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reason** | participle |  | answer |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One side follows Jesus' choice of male apostles; the other stresses that all are equal in Christ

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:o1:1
# text = One side follows Jesus' choice of male apostles; the other stresses that all are equal in Christ
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	apostles	apostle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stresses	stress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	nsubj	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	acl:relcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | One side | Jesus's choice of male apostles |  |  |  | the other stresses *obl* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the other stresses |  |  | Christ |  | equal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nobody gives any reasons, it is just habit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:o2:1
# text = Nobody gives any reasons, it is just habit
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Nobody | any reasons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | habit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One side is clever and the other side is stupid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:o3:1
# text = One side is clever and the other side is stupid
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | One side |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the other side |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both sides agree; there is no real debate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church:t7:o4:1
# text = Both sides agree; there is no real debate
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | both sides |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | present | no real debate |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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