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title: Ascertain the persons to whom the foundation of Methodism is princip… — Churches of the English-speaking world I · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the persons to whom the foundation of Methodism is principally attributed. Exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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 choi
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# Exam question 3 · Churches of the English-speaking world I

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Ascertain the persons to whom the foundation of Methodism is principally attributed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, attribute · **To what, where:** persons, foundation

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 28 «Churches of the English-speaking world I» 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/28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the persons to whom the foundation of Methodism is principally attributed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Methodism	Methodism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the persons |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |
| 2 | **attribute** | present · passive |  | the foundation of Methodism |  |  |  | principally *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Martin Luther and John Calvin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:e3:o1:1
# text = Martin Luther and John Calvin
1	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Luther	Luther	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	Calvin	Calvin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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George Fox and Margaret Fell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:e3:o2:1
# text = George Fox and Margaret Fell
1	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Fox	Fox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Margaret	Margaret	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	Fell	Fell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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John and Charles Wesley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:e3:o3:1
# text = John and Charles Wesley
1	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Wesley	Wesley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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William and Catherine Booth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:28-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-i:e3:o4:1
# text = William and Catherine Booth
1	William	William	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Booth	Booth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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