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title: someone at school calls a classmate's faith "stupid nonsense." What… — Buddhism, humanism and respect for eve… · tree and pragmatics
description: someone at school calls a classmate's faith "stupid nonsense." What is the best response? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

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someone at school calls a classmate's faith "stupid nonsense." What is the best response?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** someone, faith, best response · **What happens:** call, nonsense, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* someone at school calls a classmate's faith "stupid nonsense."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:1
# text = someone at school calls a classmate's faith "stupid nonsense."
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	_	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **nonsense** *in a quote* |  | a classmate's faith |  |  |  |  |  | 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 the best response?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:2
# text = What is the best response?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Say it's not okay to mock beliefs; you can disagree politely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:o1:1
# text = Say it's not okay to mock beliefs; you can disagree politely
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	mock	mock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	disagree	disagree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
13	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mock** | to-infinitive |  | beliefs |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belief=Theme |
| 4 | **disagree** | can | you |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Laugh along so you are not left out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:o2:1
# text = Laugh along so you are not left out
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	along	along	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **leave out** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Mock that person's own faith back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:o3:1
# text = Mock that person's own faith back
1	Mock	mock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say nothing ever, because it is really none of your business at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t4:o4:1
# text = Say nothing ever, because it is really none of your business at all
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	1	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | none |  | all |  | of your business | tree rules |

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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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