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description: A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?" Best answer? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

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A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?" Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hindu friend, Christians · **What happens:** ask, think, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:1
# text = A Hindu friend asks: "Do Christians think only Christians should be kind?"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a Hindu friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | should | Christians |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | 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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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No, Christians are told not to be kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:o1:1
# text = No, Christians are told not to be kind
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Christians |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, kindness belongs to Christians only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, kindness belongs to Christians only
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | kindness |  | Christians |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, other people cannot really be kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, other people cannot really be kind
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | can | other people |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, Christians believe everyone should be kind, and many faiths teach it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness:t6:o4:1
# text = No, Christians believe everyone should be kind, and many faiths teach it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	teach	teach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | should | everyone |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | many faiths |  | it |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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