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title: A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christi… — Lifeboat choices · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians." What is a fair answer? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» 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.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Lifeboat choices

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A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians." What is a fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate, Self sacrifice · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** fair answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» 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/48-lifeboat-choices/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:1
# text = A classmate of no religion says, "Self-sacrifice is just for Christians."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a classmate of no religion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Self sacrifice |  |  |  |  | for Christians | 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 a fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:2
# text = What is a fair answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only soldiers have ever made a sacrifice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:o1:1
# text = Only soldiers have ever made a sacrifice
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  | soldiers |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sacrifice=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Self-sacrifice is wrong for non-Christians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:o2:1
# text = Self-sacrifice is wrong for non-Christians
1	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	non-Christians	non-christian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Self sacrifice |  |  |  |  | for non-Christians; wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Only Christians are ever really allowed to be kind and give things up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:o3:1
# text = Only Christians are ever really allowed to be kind and give things up
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · passive |  | Christians |  |  | ever |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give up** | present |  | things |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Source |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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People of every faith and none admire giving things up for others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:48-lifeboat-choices:t5:o4:1
# text = People of every faith and none admire giving things up for others
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	admire	admire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admire** | present | People of every faith |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give up** | gerund | People of every faith *not said here* | things |  |  |  | for others | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Source |

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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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