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# Test 4 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

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«genies are from Disney lol» What is the longer story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** genies, Disney · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Disney, longer story

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```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:t4:1
# text = «genies are from Disney lol» What is the longer story?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	genies	genie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Disney	Disney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | genies |  |  | Disney |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Disney | the longer story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Disney made them up for Aladdin and nobody had heard of them before

```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:t4:o1:1
# text = Disney made them up for Aladdin and nobody had heard of them before
1	Disney	Disney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Aladdin	Aladdin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	before	before	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past | Disney | them *= they* |  |  |  | for Aladdin | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Pivot |
| 2 | **hear** | past · perfect | nobody |  |  |  |  | of them *= they*; before *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They come from the jinn of Arabic belief and old tales like the Thousand and One Nights

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```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:t4:o2:1
# text = They come from the jinn of Arabic belief and old tales like the Thousand and One Nights
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jinn	jinn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	Nights	Night	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | They |  |  | the jinn of Arabic belief and old tales like the Thousand and One Nights |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from jinn=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They come from Ancient Egypt, where every pharaoh kept one in a jar

```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:t4:o3:1
# text = They come from Ancient Egypt, where every pharaoh kept one in a jar
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | They |  |  | Ancient Egypt |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from egypt=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **keep** | past | every pharaoh | one |  | a jar |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme in jar=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They come from Kipling, who was the first to write about them

```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:t4:o4:1
# text = They come from Kipling, who was the first to write about them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | They |  |  | Kipling |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from kipling=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | Kipling |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about them *= they* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about they=Topic |

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