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title: «God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise? — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: «God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise? Test 6 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 6 · Psalms and Proverbs

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«God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** God, psalm · **What happens:** care, say · **To what, where:** important people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t6:1
# text = «God only cares about important people» — which psalm says otherwise?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	cares	care	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	psalm	psalm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** *in a quote* | present | God | important people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | which psalm |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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Psalm 100, which says only kings may worship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t6:o1:1
# text = Psalm 100, which says only kings may worship
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	worship	worship	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Psalm |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **worship** | may | kings |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Psalm 46, which says God is far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t6:o2:1
# text = Psalm 46, which says God is far away
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
2	46	46	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | God |  |  |  |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Psalm 13, which says God has forgotten everyone for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t6:o3:1
# text = Psalm 13, which says God has forgotten everyone for good
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
2	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **forget** | present · perfect | God | everyone |  |  |  | for good | tree rules |

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

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Psalm 139, which says God knows each person completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t6:o4:1
# text = Psalm 139, which says God knows each person completely
1	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
2	139	139	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | present | God | each person |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |

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