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description: Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments. What's more accurate? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 37 «Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★ · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

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Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments. What's more accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Holly, Christians, rules · **What happens:** say, use, think, be · **To what, where:** rules · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 37 «Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character» 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/37-rules-consequences-character/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:1
# text = Holly says Christians only use rules thinking because of the Ten Commandments.
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Holly |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | present | Christians | rules |  |  |  | because the Ten Commandments | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | rules *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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's more accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:2
# text = What's more accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Christians are not allowed to think about results at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:o1:1
# text = Christians are not allowed to think about results at all
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Christians |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Christians *not said here* |  |  | all |  | about results | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about result=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Christians never use any of these three ways of thinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:o2:1
# text = Christians never use any of these three ways of thinking
1	Christians	christian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present | Christians | any |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Christians use rules, care for others' good, and growing like Christ

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:o3:1
# text = Christians use rules, care for others' good, and growing like Christ
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Christians | rules |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like Christ | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Christians only care about character and never about rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:37-rules-consequences-character:t11:o4:1
# text = Christians only care about character and never about rules
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  | about character | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about character=Stimulus |

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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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