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# Test 5 · ★ · What happens after we die? What our church teaches

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«If Jesus is God, why'd he have to die? Makes no sense, mate,» says Ethan's uncle in Perth. What's the Christian answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** God, Christian answer · **What happens:** be, have, die, make, say · **To what, where:** Jesus God, sense, uncle, Perth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 72 «What happens after we die? What our church teaches» 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/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «If Jesus is God, why'd he have to die?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:1
# text = «If Jesus is God, why'd he have to die?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	amod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | Jesus God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | would | God |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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:* Makes no sense, mate,» says Ethan's uncle in Perth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:2
# text = Makes no sense, mate,» says Ethan's uncle in Perth.
1	Makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Perth	Perth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | no sense and mate |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present |  | Ethan's uncle |  | Perth |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent uncle=Theme in perth=Manner |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the Christian answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:3
# text = What's the Christian answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Christian answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He was too weak to stop the Roman soldiers taking him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:o1:1
# text = He was too weak to stop the Roman soldiers taking him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the Roman soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality soldier=Eventuality |
| 3 | **take** | gerund | He *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To show God's love and take away wrongdoing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:o2:1
# text = To show God's love and take away wrongdoing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | God's love |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
| 2 | **take away** | infinitive |  | wrongdoing |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoing=Theme |
| 3 | **love** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had to die because he was very old and very ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:o3:1
# text = He had to die because he was very old and very ill
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He did not really die at all; he only fainted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches:t5:o4:1
# text = He did not really die at all; he only fainted
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	fainted	faint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past · do-support | He |  |  | all |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **faint** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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