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title: A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Te… — Judaism · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Testament". What is right? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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 4 · ★ · Judaism

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A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Testament". What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** classmate, Torah · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Jewish version · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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/30-judaism/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Testament".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:1
# text = A classmate says the Torah is just "the Jewish version of the New Testament".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	New	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Testament	Testament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Torah | the Jewish version |  |  |  | of the New Testament | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is a Jewish book about the life of Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:o1:1
# text = It is a Jewish book about the life of Jesus
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Jewish book |  |  |  | about the life of Jesus | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is the same as the four Gospels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:o2:1
# text = It is the same as the four Gospels
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Gospels	gospel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | as the four Gospels; same *property* | tree rules |

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

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It is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in the Christian Old Testament too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:o3:1
# text = It is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in the Christian Old Testament too
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Testament	Testament	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the first five books |  | the Christian Old Testament |  | of the Hebrew Bible | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a new book written after the Holocaust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:t4:o4:1
# text = It is a new book written after the Holocaust
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Holocaust	Holocaust	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a new book |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | participle |  | a new book *not said here* |  |  | after the Holocaust |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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