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title: my cousin reckons Abraham was only a Jewish thing, nothing to do wit… — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin reckons Abraham was only a Jewish thing, nothing to do with Muslims. right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my cousin reckons Abraham was only a Jewish thing, nothing to do with Muslims. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Abraham · **What happens:** reckon, be, do · **To what, where:** Jewish thing

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t1:1
# text = my cousin reckons Abraham was only a Jewish thing, nothing to do with Muslims. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	appos	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
17	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Abraham | a Jewish thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Abraham *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Muslims | vn act-114-1 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, only Muslims know about Abraham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t1:o1:1
# text = No, only Muslims know about Abraham
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Muslims |  |  |  |  | about Abraham | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about abraham=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Jews, Christians and Muslims all honour Abraham as a father of faith

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t1:o2:1
# text = No, Jews, Christians and Muslims all honour Abraham as a father of faith
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	honour	honour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | present | Jews and Christians and Muslims | Abraham |  |  |  | as a father of faith; all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and Christians have never heard of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, and Christians have never heard of him
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | present · perfect | Christians |  |  |  |  | of him *= he* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, only Jews know about Abraham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, only Jews know about Abraham
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Jews |  |  |  |  | about Abraham | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about abraham=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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