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title: Judge: «Psalms are prayers to God; Proverbs are mostly what?» — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: Judge: «Psalms are prayers to God; Proverbs are mostly what?» Test 10 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 10 · Psalms and Proverbs

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Judge: «Psalms are prayers to God; Proverbs are mostly what?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Psalms, Judge · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** prayers, God

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This is test 10 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t10:1
# text = Judge: «Psalms are prayers to God; Proverbs are mostly what?»
1	Judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Psalms	psalm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Proverbs	proverb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Psalms | prayers | God |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Judge and prayers and Proverbs |  |  |  |  | mostly *property* | 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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Commandments that were given on Mount Sinai

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t10:o1:1
# text = Commandments that were given on Mount Sinai
1	Commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	Sinai	Sinai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | Commandments |  | Mount |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme on mount=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prophecies about what will happen in the future

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t10:o2:1
# text = Prophecies about what will happen in the future
1	Prophecies	prophecy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future | Prophecies |  |  | the future |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in future=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Prayers of sorrow and of complaint sung to God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t10:o3:1
# text = Prayers of sorrow and of complaint sung to God
1	Prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  | complaint *not said here* | God |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to god=Recipient |
| 2 | **pray** |  | sorrow and complaint |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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Practical wise sayings about everyday life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t10:o4:1
# text = Practical wise sayings about everyday life
1	Practical	practical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sayings	saying	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	everyday	everyday	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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