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title: kid on the bus: «omg that's so stupid» then uses God's name as a swe… — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: kid on the bus: «omg that's so stupid» then uses God's name as a swear. A Christian friend looks upset. Why? Test 3 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
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# Test 3 · The Ten Commandments

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kid on the bus: «omg that's so stupid» then uses God's name as a swear. A Christian friend looks upset. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, kid, God, Christian friend · **What happens:** be, use, name, look · **To what, where:** name

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* kid on the bus: «omg that's so stupid» then uses God's name as a swear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:1
# text = kid on the bus: «omg that's so stupid» then uses God's name as a swear.
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	omg	omg	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | stupid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | present | kid on the bus | God's name |  |  | then | as a swear | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent name=Duration as swear=Attribute |
| 3 | **name** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication 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:* A Christian friend looks upset.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:2
# text = A Christian friend looks upset.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a Christian friend |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She is upset about the word «stupid»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:o1:1
# text = She is upset about the word «stupid»
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | about the word; upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She wanted to sit in that seat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:o2:1
# text = She wanted to sit in that seat
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | that seat |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She thinks swearing on a bus is illegal and they'll all be arrested

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:o3:1
# text = She thinks swearing on a bus is illegal and they'll all be arrested
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	swearing	swear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swear** | gerund |  |  |  | a bus |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | swearing |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **arrest** | future · passive |  | they |  |  |  | all *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Christians believe God's name should be spoken with respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t3:o4:1
# text = Christians believe God's name should be spoken with respect
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | should · passive |  | God's name |  |  |  | with respect | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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