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# Exam question 1 · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of heaven?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, understand · **To what, where:** Christian understanding, heaven

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «What happens after we die? What our church teaches» 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/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Christian understanding of heaven?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the Christian understanding of heaven |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **understand** |  |  | heaven |  |  |  |  | nom understanding «cognition 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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A place of idleness in which harps are played without end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e1:o1:1
# text = A place of idleness in which harps are played without end
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	idleness	idleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	harps	harp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present · passive |  | harps |  | a place of idleness | without end |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A physical location situated above the clouds and observable by telescope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e1:o2:1
# text = A physical location situated above the clouds and observable by telescope
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	observable	observable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	telescope	telescope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **situate** | participle |  | a physical location *not said here* |  | the clouds and observable |  | by telescope | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent above cloud=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Eternal life in the presence of God, wherein there is neither pain nor sorrow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e1:o3:1
# text = Eternal life in the presence of God, wherein there is neither pain nor sorrow
1	Eternal	eternal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	13	cc:preconj	_	_
13	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
14	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	15	cc	_	_
15	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present |  |  |  | there |  | wherein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A condition of dreamless sleep from which none awakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:e1:o4:1
# text = A condition of dreamless sleep from which none awakes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dreamless	dreamless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	nmod	_	_
9	awakes	awake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **awake** | present | a condition of dreamless sleep from none |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | dreamless sleep from none |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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