--- title: Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the parable of the sheep… — Sunday school, youth groups and charity · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the parable of the sheep and the goats. Exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Sunday school, youth groups and charity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Sunday school, youth groups and charity Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the parable of the sheep and the goats. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey · **To what, where:** principal teaching This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal teaching conveyed by the parable of the sheep and the goats. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 teaching teaching NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal teaching | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme | | 2 | **convey** | participle | | the principal teaching *not said here* | | | | by the parable of the sheep and the goats | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} That sheep are of greater value than goats ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:e1:o1:1 # text = That sheep are of greater value than goats 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | that sheep | | | | | of greater value; than goats | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} That service to persons in need constitutes service to Christ ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:e1:o2:1 # text = That service to persons in need constitutes service to Christ 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 constitutes constitute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} That the keeping of livestock is pleasing to God ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:e1:o3:1 # text = That the keeping of livestock is pleasing to God 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 compound _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 3 obl _ _ 5 livestock livestock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 pleasing please VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **please** | present · progressive | That | | God | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} That the stranger ought to be turned away ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:e1:o4:1 # text = That the stranger ought to be turned away 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | ought · passive | | that stranger | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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. 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