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title: A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's eve… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's everywhere anyway?» A fair answer? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» 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
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# Test 11 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's everywhere anyway?» A fair answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** classmate · **What happens:** say, build · **To what, where:** fancy church · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» 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/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's everywhere anyway?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:1
# text = A classmate with no faith says: «why build a fancy church, God's everywhere anyway?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
18	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | a classmate with no faith |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a fancy church |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset church=Product |

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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:* A fair answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:2
# text = A fair answer?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

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

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A beautiful building honours God, though Christians agree God cannot be contained in it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:o1:1
# text = A beautiful building honours God, though Christians agree God cannot be contained in it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	honours	honour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	contained	contain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **honour** | present | a beautiful building | God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **contain** | can · passive |  | God |  | building |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because God lives only inside churches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:o2:1
# text = Because God lives only inside churches
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | God | churches |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because people cannot pray anywhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:o3:1
# text = Because people cannot pray anywhere else
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pray** | can | people |  |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the Bible says all churches must be gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t11:o4:1
# text = Because the Bible says all churches must be gold
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible | all churches and gold |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent church=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | must | the Bible *not said here* | gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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