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title: Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll… — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it». Which proverb speaks to her? Test 7 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 
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# Test 7 · Psalms and Proverbs

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Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it». Which proverb speaks to her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mia, I, proverb · **What happens:** leave, wing, revise, speak · **To what, where:** olympiad revision, Mia · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:1
# text = Mia left her olympiad revision till the night before — «sod it, I'll wing it».
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	revision	revision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	till	till	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | Mia | Mia's olympiad revision |  |  | night | before *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wing** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **revise** |  | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | nom revision «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Which proverb speaks to her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:2
# text = Which proverb speaks to her?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | which proverb |  | Mia |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Go to the ant: work steadily and plan ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:o1:1
# text = Go to the ant: work steadily and plan ahead
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	steadily	steadily	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ant and work |  | steadily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ant=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **plan** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A gentle answer turns away wrath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:o2:1
# text = A gentle answer turns away wrath
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn away** | present | a gentle answer | wrath |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrath=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:o3:1
# text = The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Lord | my shepherd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **want** | shall | I | my shepherd *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shepherd=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Be still, and know that I am God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t7:o4:1
# text = Be still, and know that I am God
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | know *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | I | God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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