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title: «nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done». What d… — Daniel, Jonah and the prophets · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

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«nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done». What does the book of Jonah say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nineveh, baddies, book · **What happens:** be, smash, do, say · **To what, where:** baddies, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:1
# text = «nineveh were the baddies so god shoulda smashed them, done».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nineveh	nineveh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baddies	baddie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	shoulda	shoulda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	smashed	smash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | nineveh | the baddies |  |  |  | so god shoulda | tree rules |
| 2 | **smash** *in a quote* | past | the baddies | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 does the book of Jonah say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:2
# text = What does the book of Jonah say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the book of Jonah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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God's mercy is for everyone, even enemies who repent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:o1:1
# text = God's mercy is for everyone, even enemies who repent
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	repent	repent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | God's mercy |  |  |  |  | for everyone; enemies *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **repent** | present | enemies |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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God always destroys bad cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:o2:1
# text = God always destroys bad cities
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	destroys	destroy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | present | God | bad cities |  |  |  | always *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Jonah's people can be saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:o3:1
# text = Only Jonah's people can be saved
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | can · passive |  | Jonah's people |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nineveh was never forgiven, however sorry its people were

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t6:o4:1
# text = Nineveh was never forgiven, however sorry its people were
1	Nineveh	Nineveh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	however	however	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forgive** | past · passive |  | Nineveh |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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