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title: Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last. Whic… — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last. Which saying fits? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Psalms and Proverbs

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Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last. Which saying fits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ben · **What happens:** boast, win, come, say · **To what, where:** race, fits · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:1
# text = Ben boasted he'd win the race without training, then came last.
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	boasted	boast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	last	last	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **win** | would | Ben | the race |  |  |  | without training | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
| 3 | **come** | past | Ben *not said here* |  |  |  | then | last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 saying fits?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:2
# text = Which saying fits?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	fits	fit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | fits |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fit=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Walk with the wise and become wise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:o1:1
# text = Walk with the wise and become wise
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the wise | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Make a joyful noise to the Lord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:o2:1
# text = Make a joyful noise to the Lord
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	joyful	joyful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a joyful noise |  |  |  | to the Lord | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Pride goes before a fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:o3:1
# text = Pride goes before a fall
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Pride |  |  | a fall |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before fall=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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How long, O Lord?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t8:o4:1
# text = How long, O Lord?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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