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# Exam question 1 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Muslim teaching concerning death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern · **To what, where:** Muslim teaching

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» 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/73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises Muslim teaching concerning death?
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	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  | Muslim teaching and concerning death |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The departed become angels immediately upon death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:e1:o1:1
# text = The departed become angels immediately upon death
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	become	become	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The soul is reborn forthwith in the body of an animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:e1:o2:1
# text = The soul is reborn forthwith in the body of an animal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	reborn	reborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the soul |  |  | the body of a animal |  | forthwith *property* | tree rules |

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

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The soul awaits the Day of Judgement, whereupon the righteous enter Paradise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:e1:o3:1
# text = The soul awaits the Day of Judgement, whereupon the righteous enter Paradise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	awaits	await	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Judgement	Judgement	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	righteous	righteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	enter	enter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** | present | the soul | the Day of Judgement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Existence ceases entirely and permanently at death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:e1:o4:1
# text = Existence ceases entirely and permanently at death
1	Existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ceases	cease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | Existence |  |  | death |  | entirely *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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