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title: Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl. You don't join in a… — Noah and the Tower of Babel · tree and pragmatics
description: Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl. You don't join in and they call you boring. Which Bible person does this remind you of? Test 2 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 an
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# Test 2 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl. You don't join in and they call you boring. Which Bible person does this remind you of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Everyone, You, they, Bible person · **What happens:** laugh, not join in, call, person, remind · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:1
# text = Everyone at the party is laughing at a new girl.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | Everyone |  |  |  |  | at a new girl | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* You don't join in and they call you boring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:2
# text = You don't join in and they call you boring.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **join in** | present · do-support | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **call** | present | they |  | you |  |  | boring *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* Which Bible person does this remind you of?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:3
# text = Which Bible person does this remind you of?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
6	remind	remind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **person** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remind** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Bible person |  | you |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cain, who was jealous of his brother because God liked his gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:o1:1
# text = Cain, who was jealous of his brother because God liked his gift
1	Cain	Cain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Cain |  |  |  |  | of Cain's brother; jealous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **like** | past | God | God's gift |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme |
| 3 | **gift** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Noah, who did right while everyone else did wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:o2:1
# text = Noah, who did right while everyone else did wrong
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Noah |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The serpent in the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:o3:1
# text = The serpent in the garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The builders of the Tower of Babel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t2:o4:1
# text = The builders of the Tower of Babel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Babel	Babel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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