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description: The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank. What is a sensible first step?" Test 10 · ★ 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 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Sunday school, youth groups and charity

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The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank. What is a sensible first step?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge, class · **What happens:** ask, want, help, be · **To what, where:** food bank, sensible first step · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 27 «Sunday school, youth groups and charity» 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/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:1
# text = The judge asks: "Your class wants to help a food bank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Your class |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Your class *not said here* | a food bank |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Beneficiary |

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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:* What is a sensible first step?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:2
# text = What is a sensible first step?"
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a sensible first step |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Give money to the first person you meet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:o1:1
# text = Give money to the first person you meet
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | money | the first person |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to person=Recipient |
| 2 | **meet** | present | you | the first person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bring only sweets because children like them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:o2:1
# text = Bring only sweets because children like them
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | sweets |  |  |  | because children like children | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bring whatever is left in the cupboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:o3:1
# text = Bring whatever is left in the cupboard
1	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present · passive |  | whatever |  | the cupboard |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cupboard=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Ask the food bank what it needs most

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t10:o4:1
# text = Ask the food bank what it needs most
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the food bank |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent bank=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** | present | bank |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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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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