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title: «I never hit anyone so I've kept "do not murder", job done». What wo… — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: «I never hit anyone so I've kept "do not murder", job done». What would Jesus add? Test 5 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 5 · The Ten Commandments

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«I never hit anyone so I've kept "do not murder", job done». What would Jesus add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Jesus · **What happens:** not hit, keep, not murder, do, add · **To what, where:** anyone, job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I never hit anyone so I've kept "do not murder", job done».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:1
# text = «I never hit anyone so I've kept "do not murder", job done».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	murder	murder	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hit** *in a quote* | past | I | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme anyone=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **murder** | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | participle |  | job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 would Jesus add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:2
# text = What would Jesus add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | Jesus |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That the rule only applies to grown-ups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:o1:1
# text = That the rule only applies to grown-ups
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | that rule |  |  |  |  | to grown ups | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the rule was cancelled long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:o2:1
# text = That the rule was cancelled long ago
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** | past · passive |  | that rule |  |  |  | ago *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, because hitting someone is the only wrong that rule is about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing, because hitting someone is the only wrong that rule is about
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	hitting	hit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | gerund |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | hitting | the only wrong and that rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |

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

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Hate in the heart is where murder begins, so anger matters too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t5:o4:1
# text = Hate in the heart is where murder begins, so anger matters too
1	Hate	hate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | murder |  |  |  |  | begin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | present | anger |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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