--- title: Which statement about eating meat is true? — Animals · tree and pragmatics description: Which statement about eating meat is true? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/46-animals/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/46-animals/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Animals Which statement about eating meat is true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** eat, be · **To what, where:** meat This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» 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/46-animals/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t10:1 # text = Which statement about eating meat is true? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 about about SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | which statement *not said here* | meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | which statement | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is a disputed question that thoughtful people answer differently ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t10:o1:1 # text = It is a disputed question that thoughtful people answer differently 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 disputed dispute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 answer answer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl _ _ 10 differently differently ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dispute** | participle | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | It | a disputed question | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | thoughtful people | a disputed question *not said here* | | | | differently *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Every scientist agrees meat is wrong to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t10:o2:1 # text = Every scientist agrees meat is wrong to eat 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 scientist scientist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | every scientist | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | meat | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | meat *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Every religion in the world forbids eating any kind of meat completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t10:o3:1 # text = Every religion in the world forbids eating any kind of meat completely 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 forbids forbid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 completely completely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present | every religion in the world | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | every religion in the world *not said here* | any kind of meat | | | | completely *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} No one has ever chosen not to eat meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:46-animals:t10:o4:1 # text = No one has ever chosen not to eat meat 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 5 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · perfect · passive | | no one | | | ever | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | | meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | **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. 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