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title: Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like danie… — Daniel, Jonah and the prophets · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it». What is the best answer? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

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Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it». What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new rule, we, school, best answer · **What happens:** be, ignore, rule · **To what, where:** talking, lunch, rule

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:1
# text = Your mate: «the school's new rule is no talking at lunch. like daniel, we should all ignore it».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	talking	talking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	daniel	daniel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	all	all	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the school's new rule | no talking |  | lunch |  | like daniel | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | should | we | rule |  |  |  | Your mate and no talking *vocative*; all *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **rule** *in a quote* |  | the school |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: 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 is the best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:2
# text = What is the best answer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Daniel ignored every rule in Babylon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:o1:1
# text = Daniel ignored every rule in Babylon
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | past | Daniel | every rule |  | Babylon |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |

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

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Daniel refused a law against praying to God, not every rule he disliked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:o2:1
# text = Daniel refused a law against praying to God, not every rule he disliked
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	disliked	dislike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | Daniel | a law |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme |
| 2 | **pray** | gerund | Daniel *not said here* |  | God |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **dislike** | past | Daniel | every rule *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Daniel would shout louder than anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:o3:1
# text = Daniel would shout louder than anyone
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | would | Daniel |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Daniel would leave the school at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t4:o4:1
# text = Daniel would leave the school at once
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | Daniel | the school |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent school=Theme at once=Location |

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