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title: Select the response consistent with established practice in respect… — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of the observance of the day of rest. Exam question 4 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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 choi
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# Exam question 4 · The Ten Commandments

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Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of the observance of the day of rest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, respect, observe · **To what, where:** response, observance, day

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice in respect of the observance of the day of rest.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | the observance of the day of rest |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **observe** |  |  | the day of rest |  |  |  |  | nom observance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Neither Christians nor Jews observe a day of rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e4:o1:1
# text = Neither Christians nor Jews observe a day of rest
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	4	cc	_	_
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present | neither Christians nor Jews |  |  |  | day |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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All Christians and Jews alike observe Saturday exclusively, as Moses commanded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e4:o2:1
# text = All Christians and Jews alike observe Saturday exclusively, as Moses commanded
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	alike	alike	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present | all Christians and Jews |  |  |  | saturday | alike, exclusively *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **command** | past | Moses |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All Christians and Jews observe Sunday exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e4:o3:1
# text = All Christians and Jews observe Sunday exclusively
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present | all Christians and Jews |  |  |  | sunday | exclusively *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

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The majority of Christians observe Sunday, whereas Jews observe Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:e4:o4:1
# text = The majority of Christians observe Sunday, whereas Jews observe Saturday
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	observe	observe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | present | the majority of Christians |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **observe** | present | Jews |  |  |  | saturday |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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