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title: A friend with no religion asks: "what's the point of Easter eggs, ju… — The church year · tree and pragmatics
description: A friend with no religion asks: "what's the point of Easter eggs, just chocolate innit?" Test 6 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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 6 · The church year

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A friend with no religion asks: "what's the point of Easter eggs, just chocolate innit?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** ask, be · **To what, where:** point · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 26 «The church year» 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/26-the-church-year/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t6:1
# text = A friend with no religion asks: "what's the point of Easter eggs, just chocolate innit?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
18	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a friend with no religion |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the point |  |  |  | of Easter eggs | tree rules |

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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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Eggs show how rich the church was in the past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t6:o1:1
# text = Eggs show how rich the church was in the past
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Eggs |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the rich church |  |  | the past |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Eggs stand for the rich food eaten before Lent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t6:o2:1
# text = Eggs stand for the rich food eaten before Lent
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Lent	Lent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Eggs |  |  |  |  | for the rich food | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for food=Attribute |
| 2 | **eat** | participle |  | the rich food *not said here* |  |  | before Lent |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eggs remind people of the wise men's gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t6:o3:1
# text = Eggs remind people of the wise men's gifts
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remind	remind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | present | Eggs |  | people of the wise men's gifts |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 2 | **gift** |  | the wise men |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Eggs are a sign of new life, like Jesus rising

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:26-the-church-year:t6:o4:1
# text = Eggs are a sign of new life, like Jesus rising
1	Eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Eggs | a sign |  |  |  | of new life | tree rules |
| 2 | **rise** | gerund | Jesus | a sign *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sign=Theme |

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