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title: lol a rainbow is just light in raindrops, so the Bible's wrong. what… — Noah and the Tower of Babel · tree and pragmatics
description: lol a rainbow is just light in raindrops, so the Bible's wrong. what can a Christian say Test 4 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 4 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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lol a rainbow is just light in raindrops, so the Bible's wrong. what can a Christian say

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rainbow, Bible · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** raindrops

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t4:1
# text = lol a rainbow is just light in raindrops, so the Bible's wrong. what can a Christian say
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	raindrops	raindrop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	obj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	say	say	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a rainbow |  |  | raindrops |  | light *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  | wrong *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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rainbows only happened once, after the flood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t4:o1:1
# text = Rainbows only happened once, after the flood
1	Rainbows	rainbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Rainbows |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians must say science is wrong about rainbows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t4:o2:1
# text = Christians must say science is wrong about rainbows
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rainbows	rainbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | must | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | science |  |  |  |  | about rainbows; wrong *property* | tree rules |

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

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Science explains how a rainbow forms; for Christians it is also a sign of God's promise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t4:o3:1
# text = Science explains how a rainbow forms; for Christians it is also a sign of God's promise
1	Science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | Science |  |  |  |  | for Christians | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **form** | present | a rainbow |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | rainbow | a sign |  |  |  | of God's promise | tree rules |
| 4 | **promise** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians agree the Bible is wrong about everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t4:o4:1
# text = Christians agree the Bible is wrong about everything
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  | about everything; wrong *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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