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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Life and death: putting it all together

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Ellie says life is precious «even for a hamster», and the vicar replies, formally, «All creatures great and small are held in God's regard.» What do they agree on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ellie, life, vicar, God, creatures · **What happens:** say, be, reply, hold, regard, agree · **To what, where:** creatures, regard · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Life and death: putting it all together» 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/80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie says life is precious «even for a hamster», and the vicar replies, formally, «All creatures great and small are held in God's regard.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:1
# text = Ellie says life is precious «even for a hamster», and the vicar replies, formally, «All creatures great and small are held in God's regard.»
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hamster	hamster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	replies	reply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	_
26	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	's	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | life |  |  |  |  | precious *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | the vicar |  |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hold** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | all creatures |  | God's regard |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in regard=Location |
| 5 | **regard** *in a quote* |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 do they agree on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:2
# text = What do they agree on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present · do-support | creatures *= creature* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Every living thing deserves care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:o1:1
# text = Every living thing deserves care
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | every living thing | care |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hamsters are more important than people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:o2:1
# text = Hamsters are more important than people
1	Hamsters	hamster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hamsters |  |  |  |  | than people; important *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only big animals matter to God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:o3:1
# text = Only big animals matter to God
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | big animals |  | God |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to god=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pets must be taken to church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:80-life-and-death-putting-it-all-together:t10:o4:1
# text = Pets must be taken to church
1	Pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | must · passive |  | Pets |  | church |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to church=Destination |

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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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