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title: A classmate with no religion asks: «aren't statues in churches idols?» — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate with no religion asks: «aren't statues in churches idols?» Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · The Ten Commandments

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A classmate with no religion asks: «aren't statues in churches idols?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** classmate · **What happens:** ask, not be · **To what, where:** statues, churches · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t9:1
# text = A classmate with no religion asks: «aren't statues in churches idols?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	idols	idol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a classmate with no religion |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | statues and idols |  | churches |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Yes, every church statue is an idol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, every church statue is an idol
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
4	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	idol	idol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | every church statue | a idol |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Christians agree there are no statues anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t9:o2:1
# text = Christians agree there are no statues anywhere
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **does** | present | no statues |  |  | there |  | anywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Catholics and Orthodox say icons help prayer and are not worshipped; some Protestants avoid them; it is disputed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t9:o3:1
# text = Catholics and Orthodox say icons help prayer and are not worshipped; some Protestants avoid them; it is disputed
1	Catholics	Catholic	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Orthodox	Orthodox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	icons	icon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	worshipped	worshipped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	Protestants	Protestant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	avoid	avoid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Catholics and Orthodox |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **help** | present | icons | prayer |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | icons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | worshipped *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **avoid** | present | some Protestants | icons *= icon* |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location |
| 5 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | prayer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because statues are made of stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t9:o4:1
# text = No, because statues are made of stone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | statues |  |  |  | of stone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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