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title: ★★★ In the Bible the queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold. If she… — Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one st… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

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★★★ In the Bible the queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold. If she had given it in 4 equal loads on her camels' trains, and each load was split equally among 6 camels, how many talents would each camel carry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, ★, camel · **What happens:** give, split, carry · **To what, where:** 120 talents, Solomon, gold, 4 equal loads, load

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 101 «Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, and the legends of the ring and the jinn» 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/101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ In the Bible the queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:1
# text = ★★★ In the Bible the queen gave Solomon 120 talents of gold.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	iobj	_	_
11	120	120	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	talents	talent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | ★ ★ ★ in the Bible | 120 talents of gold | Solomon |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent solomon=Recipient talent=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:* If she had given it in 4 equal loads on her camels' trains, and each load was split equally among 6 camels, how many talents would each camel carry?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:2
# text = If she had given it in 4 equal loads on her camels' trains, and each load was split equally among 6 camels, how many talents would each camel carry?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	load	load	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
21	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	among	among	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
27	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	talents	talent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
29	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
30	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	31	det	_	_
31	camel	camel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | ★ | gold |  | 4 equal loads |  | on ★'s camels's trains | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on train=Asset |
| 2 | **split** | past · passive |  | each load |  |  |  | among 6 camels and many talents; equally *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **carry** | would | each camel |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:o1:1
# text = 20
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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24

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:o2:1
# text = 24
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:o3:1
# text = 30
1	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:101-solomon-and-the-queen-of-sheba-one-story-in-many-books-and-the-legends-of-the-ring-and-the-jinn:t11:o4:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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