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title: why'd the Salvation Army wear army stuff, they're not soldiers — Churches of the English-speaking world… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd the Salvation Army wear army stuff, they're not soldiers Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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 10 · ★★ · Churches of the English-speaking world II

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why'd the Salvation Army wear army stuff, they're not soldiers

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Salvation Army, they · **What happens:** wear, not be · **To what, where:** army stuff, soldiers

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Churches of the English-speaking world II» 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/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:t10:1
# text = why'd the Salvation Army wear army stuff, they're not soldiers
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Salvation	Salvation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
7	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | the Salvation Army | army stuff |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent stuff=Source |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | they | soldiers |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They saw themselves as an army fighting poverty and sin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:t10:o1:1
# text = They saw themselves as an army fighting poverty and sin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | They | themselves *= they* |  |  |  | as a army | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus as army=Attribute |
| 2 | **fight** | gerund | a army *not said here* | poverty and sin |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poverty=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King ordered all churches to wear them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:t10:o2:1
# text = The King ordered all churches to wear them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the King | all churches |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent church=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all churches *not said here* | churches *= church* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They were really part of the British Army and fought in its wars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:t10:o3:1
# text = They were really part of the British Army and fought in its wars
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | part |  |  |  | of the British Army | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | past | They *not said here* |  |  | Army's wars |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **war** |  | Army |  |  |  |  |  | nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Uniforms were cheaper than ordinary clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii:t10:o4:1
# text = Uniforms were cheaper than ordinary clothes
1	Uniforms	uniform	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Uniforms |  |  |  |  | than ordinary clothes; cheap *property* | tree rules |

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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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