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title: Myth to check: «Most religions forbid organ donation.» — Gifts of life: organ donation and givi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Myth to check: «Most religions forbid organ donation.» Test 11 · ★ of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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 choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

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Myth to check: «Most religions forbid organ donation.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Myth, Most religions · **What happens:** check, forbid · **To what, where:** organ donation

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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/78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t11:1
# text = Myth to check: «Most religions forbid organ donation.»
1	Myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	forbid	forbid	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive | Myth |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forbid** *in a quote* | present | Most religions | organ donation |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer donation=Theme |

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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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False; religions have never discussed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t11:o1:1
# text = False; religions have never discussed it
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	discussed	discuss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **discuss** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | False religions |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True, but only Christianity allows it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t11:o2:1
# text = True, but only Christianity allows it
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	allows	allow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present | Christianity | it |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True; nearly every religion in the world forbids it completely and always has

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t11:o3:1
# text = True; nearly every religion in the world forbids it completely and always has
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present | every religion in the world | world |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | every religion in the world *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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False; most faith leaders support it, though people choose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:t11:o4:1
# text = False; most faith leaders support it, though people choose
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
4	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	support	support	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **support** | present | most faith leaders | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **choose** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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