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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Christian teaching on angels. Exam question 3 of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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 choic
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# Exam question 3 · Souls, ghosts and stories

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Christian teaching on angels.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Christian teaching

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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/74-souls-ghosts-and-stories/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Christian teaching on angels.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | Christian teaching |  |  |  | on angels | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teaching=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Angels are beings distinct from humans, and the departed do not become angels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:e3:o1:1
# text = Angels are beings distinct from humans, and the departed do not become angels
1	Angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Angels |  |  |  |  | from humans; distinct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **become** | present · do-support | Angels *not said here* | angels |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only deceased children are transformed into angels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:e3:o2:1
# text = Only deceased children are transformed into angels
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	deceased	decease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decease** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** | present · passive |  | children |  |  |  | into angels *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into angel=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Angels are the ghosts of the departed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:e3:o3:1
# text = Angels are the ghosts of the departed
1	Angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Angels | the ghosts |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | participle |  | the ghosts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All persons become angels upon their death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:74-souls-ghosts-and-stories:e3:o4:1
# text = All persons become angels upon their death
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	xcomp	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | all persons | angels |  |  |  | upon persons's death | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **die** |  | persons *= person* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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