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title: In the Just So Story, Suleiman tries to show off by feeding all the… — Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one st… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Solomon and the Queen of Sheba: one story in many books, a…

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In the Just So Story, Suleiman tries to show off by feeding all the animals in the world, and a single sea-creature eats it all. What is the lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Suleiman, single sea creature, lesson · **What happens:** try, show off, feed, eat, be · **To what, where:** Just Story, animals, world

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the Just So Story, Suleiman tries to show off by feeding all the animals in the world, and a single sea-creature eats it all.

```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:t6:1
# text = In the Just So Story, Suleiman tries to show off by feeding all the animals in the world, and a single sea-creature eats it all.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	Just	Just	PROPN	NNP	_	5	compound	_	_
4	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
23	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
24	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	28	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | Suleiman |  |  | the Just Story |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Suleiman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **feed** | gerund | Suleiman *not said here* | all animals |  | the world |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent animal=Value in world=Location |
| 4 | **eat** | present | a single sea creature | world |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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 lesson?

```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:t6:2
# text = What is the lesson?
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	4	det	_	_
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 lesson |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sea animals are greedy and rude

```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:t6:o1:1
# text = Sea animals are greedy and rude
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sea animals |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Sea animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Showing off can turn into shame

```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:t6:o2:1
# text = Showing off can turn into shame
1	Showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show off** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | can | Showing |  |  | shame |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into shame=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Big dinners are always a bad idea

```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:t6:o3:1
# text = Big dinners are always a bad idea
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Big dinners | a bad idea |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Kings should never feed animals at all

```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:t6:o4:1
# text = Kings should never feed animals at all
1	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **feed** | should | Kings |  | animals | all |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |

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