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title: Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh." Wha… — Noah and the Tower of Babel · tree and pragmatics
description: Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh." What is a good reply? Test 3 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh." What is a good reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ahmed, We · **What happens:** be, say, have, call · **To what, where:** Noah, good reply · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:1
# text = Ahmed, who is Muslim, says: "We have Noah too, we call him Nuh."
1	Ahmed	Ahmed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
12	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	Nuh	Nuh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ahmed |  |  |  |  | muslim *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ahmed |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | We | Noah |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noah=Patient |
| 4 | **call** *in a quote* | present | we |  | Noah |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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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:* What is a good reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:2
# text = What is a good reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good reply |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nuh must be a completely different person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:o1:1
# text = Nuh must be a completely different person
1	Nuh	nuh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must |  | a different person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Noah is only in the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:o2:1
# text = No, Noah is only in the Bible
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Noah |  |  | the Bible |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That's right, Noah is honoured in Islam as well as in the Bible

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:o3:1
# text = That's right, Noah is honoured in Islam as well as in the Bible
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	7	advmod	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	fixed	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **honour** | present · passive |  | Noah |  | Islam |  | in the Bible | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Muslims made Noah up later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t3:o4:1
# text = Muslims made Noah up later
1	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past | Muslims | Noah |  |  |  | late *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme noah=Pivot |

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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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