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title: Tom says: "I'm not sure if God exists, nobody can really know." What… — Buddhism, humanism and respect for eve… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom says: "I'm not sure if God exists, nobody can really know." What is Tom? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 33 «Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief» 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

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Tom says: "I'm not sure if God exists, nobody can really know." What is Tom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, God, nobody · **What happens:** say, not be, exist, know, be · **To what, where:** Tom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 33 «Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief» 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/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom says: "I'm not sure if God exists, nobody can really know."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:1
# text = Tom says: "I'm not sure if God exists, nobody can really know."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **exist** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | God |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **know** *in a quote* | can | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 Tom?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:2
# text = What is Tom?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A Buddhist monk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:o1:1
# text = A Buddhist monk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An atheist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:o2:1
# text = An atheist
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	atheist	atheist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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An agnostic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:o3:1
# text = An agnostic
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	agnostic	agnostic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A humanist priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t3:o4:1
# text = A humanist priest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	humanist	humanist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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