--- title: why do they all pray facing one way in the mosque? — Islam · tree and pragmatics description: why do they all pray facing one way in the mosque? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Islam why do they all pray facing one way in the mosque? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** face · **To what, where:** one way This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Islam» 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/31-islam/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t10:1 # text = why do they all pray facing one way in the mosque? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 5 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mosque mosque NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present · do-support | they | one way | | | | in the mosque | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent way=Destination in mosque=Theme | 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} They face the imam's house, which is next to the mosque ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t10:o1:1 # text = They face the imam's house, which is next to the mosque 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 face face 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 imam imam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 next next ADV RB _ 6 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mosque mosque NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present | They | the imam's house | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 2 | **is** | present | the imam's house | | | | | to the mosque; next *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They face Mecca, the holy city of Islam ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t10:o2:1 # text = They face Mecca, the holy city of Islam 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 face face VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Mecca Mecca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present | They | | Mecca | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mecca=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} They face the sunrise every time, wherever they are ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t10:o3:1 # text = They face the sunrise every time, wherever they are 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 face face 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 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present | They | | | | sunrise; time | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | wherever *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They face the biggest window to see the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:31-islam:t10:o4:1 # text = They face the biggest window to see the sky 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 face face VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **face** | present | They | the biggest window | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme window=Destination | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the sky | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sky=Stimulus | **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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