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description: In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud. What's more accurate? Test 9 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 9 · What other faiths and non-religious people believe

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In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud. What's more accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dead character · **What happens:** go up, be · **To what, where:** golden staircase

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This is test 9 of lesson 73 «What other faiths and non-religious people believe» 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/73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, every dead character goes up a golden staircase to the same cloud.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | present | every dead character | a golden staircase |  |  |  | to the same cloud; in a cartoon | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in cartoon=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:* What's more accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:2
# text = What's more accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Scientists have proved the staircase exists, using telescopes and satellites

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:o1:1
# text = Scientists have proved the staircase exists, using telescopes and satellites
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	telescopes	telescope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	satellites	satellite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · perfect | Scientists |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **exist** | present | the staircase |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | gerund | Scientists *not said here* | telescopes and satellites |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telescope=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Faiths and non-religious people believe different things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:o2:1
# text = Faiths and non-religious people believe different things
1	Faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	non-religious	non-religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Faiths and non-religious people | different things |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every faith agrees on the golden staircase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:o3:1
# text = Every faith agrees on the golden staircase
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | every faith |  |  |  |  | on the golden staircase | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on staircase=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only cartoon characters ever die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe:t9:o4:1
# text = Only cartoon characters ever die
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 | **die** | present | cartoon characters |  |  |  | ever |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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