--- title: Ascertain the position held in Islam in respect of Jesus of Nazareth. — Islam · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the position held in Islam in respect of Jesus of Nazareth. Exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/31-islam/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Islam](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/31-islam/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Islam Ascertain the position held in Islam in respect of Jesus of Nazareth. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, hold, respect · **To what, where:** position, Islam, Jesus This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Islam» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/31-islam/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the position held in Islam in respect of Jesus of Nazareth. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Nazareth Nazareth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the position | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic | | 2 | **hold** | participle | | the position *not said here* | | Islam | | in respect of Jesus of Nazareth | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in islam=Location | | 3 | **respect** | | | Jesus of Nazareth | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} He is regarded as the Son of God and Saviour ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e4:o1:1 # text = He is regarded as the Son of God and Saviour 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Saviour Saviour PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | present · passive | | He | | | | as the Son of God and Saviour | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as son=Value | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is regarded as the founder of Islam ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e4:o2:1 # text = He is regarded as the founder of Islam 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 founder founder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | present · passive | | He | | | | as the founder of Islam | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as founder=Value | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He is honoured as a prophet but not as the Son of God ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e4:o3:1 # text = He is honoured as a prophet but not as the Son of God 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 honoured honour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **honour** | present · passive | | He | | | | as a prophet but the Son of God | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is regarded as having never existed ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:e4:o4:1 # text = He is regarded as having never existed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 existed exist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | present · passive | | He | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **exist** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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