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title: my sister says psalms are just the boring bits u skip in church. wha… — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: my sister says psalms are just the boring bits u skip in church. what r they actually Test 1 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · Psalms and Proverbs

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my sister says psalms are just the boring bits u skip in church. what r they actually

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, psalms · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** skip, church · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» 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/11-psalms-and-proverbs/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t1:1
# text = my sister says psalms are just the boring bits u skip in church. what r they actually
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	psalms	psalm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	u	u	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	skip	skip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
16	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | psalms | the boring bits's skip |  | church |  |  | 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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Rules for priests in the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t1:o1:1
# text = Rules for priests in the Temple
1	Rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Stories about Jesus' miracles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t1:o2:1
# text = Stories about Jesus' miracles
1	Stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	miracles	miracle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Songs and prayers, many still sung in worship today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t1:o3:1
# text = Songs and prayers, many still sung in worship today
1	Songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle · passive | Songs and prayers *not said here* | many |  | worship | still; today |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Old laws nobody follows any more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t1:o4:1
# text = Old laws nobody follows any more
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	_
4	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | Old laws |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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