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title: my mate says the sheep n goats story is about farming tips. is it — Sunday school, youth groups and charity · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says the sheep n goats story is about farming tips. is it Test 2 · ★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Sunday school, youth groups and charity

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my mate says the sheep n goats story is about farming tips. is it

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, sheep, goats story · **What happens:** say, n, be · **To what, where:** story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t2:1
# text = my mate says the sheep n goats story is about farming tips. is it
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	n	n	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	compound	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tips	tip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **n** | present | the sheep |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | goats story |  |  |  |  | about farming tips | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | story |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, it is about caring for people in need as caring for Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it is about caring for people in need as caring for Jesus
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	caring	care	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | for people | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for people=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **care** *not said to happen* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for Jesus | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for jesus=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, Jesus was teaching how to keep animals apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, Jesus was teaching how to keep animals apart
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	teaching	teach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Jesus |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Jesus *not said here* | animals |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it explains why sheep are better than goats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, it explains why sheep are better than goats
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	ccomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | sheep |  |  |  |  | than goats; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it is about the first animals God made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity:t2:o4:1
# text = No, it is about the first animals God made
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about the first animals | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | God | the first animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Product |

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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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