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title: Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics
description: Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".» Is she right? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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 c
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# Test 7 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

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Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".» Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Holly, Alhamdulillah, thanks · **What happens:** say, sound, be · **To what, where:** Mohammed · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:1
# text = Holly says to Mohammed, «Alhamdulillah sounds just like our "thanks be to God".»
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	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mohammed	Mohammed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Alhamdulillah	Alhamdulillah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	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 |  | Mohammed |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to mohammed=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | present | Alhamdulillah |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | thanks |  |  |  |  | like our God | 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:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only Christians are ever allowed to say it out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only Christians are ever allowed to say it out loud
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
13	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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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 S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say out** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Christians *not said here* | it |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No, Muslims never give thanks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:o2:1
# text = No, Muslims never give thanks
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Muslims	Muslim	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | present | Muslims | thanks |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Yes, different words carry the same thankful heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:o3:1
# text = Yes, different words carry the same thankful heart
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | different words | the same thankful heart |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, it means «good luck»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:t7:o4:1
# text = No, it means «good luck»
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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