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title: kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Prov… — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Proverbs 15:1 Test 5 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 5 · Psalms and Proverbs

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kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Proverbs 15:1

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i, kid · **What happens:** shut up, smash, fit · **To what, where:** face, Proverbs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t5:1
# text = kid at lunch: «shut up or i'll smash ur face». which reply fits Proverbs 15:1
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	shut	shut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	smash	smash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
16	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	17	det	_	_
17	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	Proverbs	Proverb	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
20	15:1	15:1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smash** *in a quote* | future | i | ur's face |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 3 | **fit** | present | kid at lunch | Proverbs |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proverb=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Laughing at him loudly in front of everyone there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t5:o1:1
# text = Laughing at him loudly in front of everyone there
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; in front of everyone; loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Calling him names right back until he starts to cry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t5:o2:1
# text = Calling him names right back until he starts to cry
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result |
| 2 | **start** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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A calm, gentle word that does not throw it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t5:o3:1
# text = A calm, gentle word that does not throw it back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **throw back** | present · do-support | a calm gentle word | word |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A harsher threat back so that he backs right off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t5:o4:1
# text = A harsher threat back so that he backs right off
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harsher	harsh	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	backs	back	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	off	off	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back** | present | he |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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