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title: Olympiad judge: "In the Bible, why is God's covenant important for h… — Noah and the Tower of Babel · tree and pragmatics
description: Olympiad judge: "In the Bible, why is God's covenant important for how people trust him?" Test 10 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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 10 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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Olympiad judge: "In the Bible, why is God's covenant important for how people trust him?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** be, trust · **To what, where:** covenant, God

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This is test 10 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t10:1
# text = Olympiad judge: "In the Bible, why is God's covenant important for how people trust him?"
1	Olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
14	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | God's covenant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **trust** *in a quote* | present | people | God |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Covenants are just old contracts with no real meaning for people today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t10:o1:1
# text = Covenants are just old contracts with no real meaning for people today
1	Covenants	covenant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	contracts	contract	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Covenants | old contracts |  |  | today | with no real meaning for people | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Faith is a relationship built on promises God keeps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t10:o2:1
# text = Faith is a relationship built on promises God keeps
1	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Faith | a relationship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  | a relationship *not said here* |  | promises |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on promise=Source |
| 3 | **keep** | present | God | promises *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A covenant means God never asks anything of people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t10:o3:1
# text = A covenant means God never asks anything of people
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | a covenant |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | God | anything |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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People only trust God when they are scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t10:o4:1
# text = People only trust God when they are scared
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | present | People | God |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | People |  |  |  |  | scared *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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