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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Daniel, Jonah and the prophets

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You were upset when a broken toy was thrown out, but didn't care about the new kid crying. Which story asks you to think again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, new kid, story · **What happens:** be, break, throw out, not care, cry, ask · **To what, where:** broken toy, you

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You were upset when a broken toy was thrown out, but didn't care about the new kid crying.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:1
# text = You were upset when a broken toy was thrown out, but didn't care about the new kid crying.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | You |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **throw out** | past · passive |  | a broken toy |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the new kid | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about kid=Stimulus |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the new kid *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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:* Which story asks you to think again?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:2
# text = Which story asks you to think again?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | which story |  | you |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | which story *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Jonah's plant, about caring for people more than things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:o1:1
# text = Jonah's plant, about caring for people more than things
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	11	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | gerund | Jonah's plant *not said here* | things |  |  |  | for people | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The writing on the wall, about pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:o2:1
# text = The writing on the wall, about pride
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fiery furnace, about not bowing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:o3:1
# text = The fiery furnace, about not bowing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	bowing	bow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bow** | gerund | the fiery furnace *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Daniel's food, about keeping the rules of your faith far from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:10-daniel-jonah-and-the-prophets:t9:o4:1
# text = Daniel's food, about keeping the rules of your faith far from home
1	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the rules of your faith |  |  |  | far *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme |
| 2 | **rule** |  | your faith |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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