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title: A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Tor… — Finders keepers and what belongs to whom · tree and pragmatics
description: A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too." What is the best response? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

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A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too." What is the best response?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jewish classmate, commandment, best response · **What happens:** say, not steal, be · **To what, where:** Torah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» 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/42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:1
# text = A Jewish classmate says, "The commandment not to steal is in our Torah too."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Jewish classmate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **steal** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the commandment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the commandment |  |  | our Torah |  |  | 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:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:2
# 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yes, the Ten Commandments are shared by Jews and Christians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, the Ten Commandments are shared by Jews and Christians
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present · passive | Jews and Christians | the Ten Commandments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but it means something totally different for Christians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, but it means something totally different for Christians
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | something |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, the Ten Commandments were written by the Romans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:o3:1
# text = No, the Ten Commandments were written by the Romans
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive | the Romans | the Ten Commandments |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, the Ten Commandments belong only to Christians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t11:o4:1
# text = No, the Ten Commandments belong only to Christians
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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

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