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description: Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why. What do you tell her? Test 5 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 ri
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# Test 5 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why. What do you tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, anti-war poster, you · **What happens:** see, hold, ask, tell · **To what, where:** anti-war poster, twig, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:1
# text = Your friend sees an anti-war poster with a dove holding a twig and asks why.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	anti-war	anti-war	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Your friend | a anti-war poster |  |  |  | with a dove | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poster=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | a anti-war poster *not said here* | a twig |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twig=Theme |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Your friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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:* What do you tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:2
# text = What do you tell her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  | friend |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Doves are the fastest birds in war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:o1:1
# text = Doves are the fastest birds in war
1	Doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Doves | the fastest birds |  | war |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The dove with an olive branch has stood for peace since Noah's story

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:o2:1
# text = The dove with an olive branch has stood for peace since Noah's story
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	olive	olive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present · perfect · passive |  | the dove with a olive branch |  |  | since Noah's story | for peace | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus for peace=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Soldiers keep doves as pets in their camps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:o3:1
# text = Soldiers keep doves as pets in their camps
1	Soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	camps	camp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Soldiers | doves |  | Soldiers's camps |  | as pets | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dove=Theme in camp=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a poster about saving trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:t5:o4:1
# text = It is a poster about saving trees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	poster	poster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a poster |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | a poster *not said here* | trees |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

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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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