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# Exam question 3 · The Ten Commandments

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It is given that a pupil disseminates an untrue allegation concerning a classmate. Determine the commandment thereby contravened.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, untrue allegation, you · **What happens:** give, disseminate, concern, determine, contravene · **To what, where:** It, untrue allegation, classmate, commandment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/7-the-ten-commandments/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil disseminates an untrue allegation concerning a classmate.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:1
# text = It is given that a pupil disseminates an untrue allegation concerning a classmate.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	disseminates	disseminate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	untrue	untrue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	allegation	allegation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **disseminate** | present | a pupil | a untrue allegation |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent allegation=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | a untrue allegation *not said here* | a classmate |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classmate=Experiencer |

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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:* Determine the commandment thereby contravened.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:2
# text = Determine the commandment thereby contravened.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	contravened	contravene	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the commandment |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Topic |
| 2 | **contravene** | participle |  | the commandment *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:o1:1
# text = Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
1	Remember	remember	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | holy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Thou shalt not steal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:o2:1
# text = Thou shalt not steal
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **steal** | shall | Thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:o3:1
# text = Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bear** | shall | Thou | false witness |  |  |  | against thy neighbour | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witness=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Thou shalt have no other gods before me

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e3:o4:1
# text = Thou shalt have no other gods before me
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | shall | Thou | no other gods |  |  | before me |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient |

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