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title: «just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON». W… — Daniel, Jonah and the prophets · tree and pragmatics
description: «just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON». What did the three friends answer? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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 
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

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«just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON». What did the three friends answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, gonna, three friends · **What happens:** bow, know, come on, answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Daniel, Jonah and the prophets» 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/10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:1
# text = «just bow to the stupid statue, nobody's gonna know, ugh come ON».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bow	bow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	gonna	gonna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	ON	on	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the stupid statue | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to statue=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | nobody's gonna |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did the three friends answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:2
# text = What did the three friends answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the three friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They would bow once and never again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:o1:1
# text = They would bow once and never again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	conj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | would | They |  |  |  | again | once *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They would stay faithful even if God did not save them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:o2:1
# text = They would stay faithful even if God did not save them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | They |  |  |  |  | faithful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | God | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They would ask the king for more time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:o3:1
# text = They would ask the king for more time
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | They |  | the king |  | time |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They would bow down outside but keep praying to God secretly inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t2:o4:1
# text = They would bow down outside but keep praying to God secretly inside
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow down** | would | They |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | present | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pray** | gerund | They *not said here* |  | God |  |  | inside *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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