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title: olympiad judge: "Why should a Christian ask a Buddhist about Buddhis… — Buddhism, humanism and respect for eve… · tree and pragmatics
description: olympiad judge: "Why should a Christian ask a Buddhist about Buddhism, not just read a meme?" Test 9 · ★ 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; 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

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olympiad judge: "Why should a Christian ask a Buddhist about Buddhism, not just read a meme?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Christian · **What happens:** ask, not read · **To what, where:** Buddhist, meme

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t9:1
# text = olympiad judge: "Why should a Christian ask a Buddhist about Buddhism, not just read a meme?"
1	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Buddhist	buddhist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	meme	meme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | should | a Christian | a Buddhist |  |  |  | about Buddhism | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent buddhist=Recipient about buddhism=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a meme |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=Topic |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only priests should know about other faiths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t9:o1:1
# text = Only priests should know about other faiths
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | should | priests |  |  |  |  | about other faiths | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about faith=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Buddhists never tell anyone the truth about their own religion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t9:o2:1
# text = Buddhists never tell anyone the truth about their own religion
1	Buddhists	buddhist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Buddhists | the truth | anyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient truth=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Memes are always better than people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t9:o3:1
# text = Memes are always better than people
1	Memes	meme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	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 | Memes |  |  |  |  | than people; always, good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Members give real facts; memes often spread stereotypes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:t9:o4:1
# text = Members give real facts; memes often spread stereotypes
1	Members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	memes	meme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	stereotypes	stereotype	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Members | real facts |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme |
| 2 | **spread** | present | memes | stereotypes |  |  |  | often *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stereotype=Theme |

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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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