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description: «whats the point of a rest day, I could finish my project». What does the Sabbath teach? Test 11 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 choice was right.
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# Test 11 · The Ten Commandments

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«whats the point of a rest day, I could finish my project». What does the Sabbath teach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whats, my · **What happens:** finish, point, project, do · **To what, where:** project, rest day, Sabbath teach

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This is test 11 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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/7-the-ten-commandments/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «whats the point of a rest day, I could finish my project».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:1
# text = «whats the point of a rest day, I could finish my project».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	whats	what	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** *in a quote* | could | whats | my project |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality project=Eventuality |
| 2 | **point** *in a quote* |  |  | a rest day |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **project** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 does the Sabbath teach?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:2
# text = What does the Sabbath teach?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sabbath	Sabbath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	teach	teach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Sabbath teach |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Rest and worship are part of a good life, not wasted time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:o1:1
# text = Rest and worship are part of a good life, not wasted time
1	Rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Rest and worship | part and wasted time |  |  |  | of a good life | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **waste** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Projects are forbidden by the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:o2:1
# text = Projects are forbidden by the Bible
1	Projects	project	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | the Bible | Projects |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rest is only for very old people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:o3:1
# text = Rest is only for very old people
1	Rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rest |  |  |  |  | for old people | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Work should never be done at all, on any day of the week, by anyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t11:o4:1
# text = Work should never be done at all, on any day of the week, by anyone
1	Work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | should · passive | anyone | Work |  | all | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |

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