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title: lil bro: «3 kings came on camels cos the Bible says so». what does i… — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: lil bro: «3 kings came on camels cos the Bible says so». what does it actually say Test 1 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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 1 · The birth of Jesus

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lil bro: «3 kings came on camels cos the Bible says so». what does it actually say

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 3 kings, lil bro, bro · **What happens:** come, say · **To what, where:** camels · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 12 «The birth of Jesus» 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/12-the-birth-of-jesus/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t1:1
# text = lil bro: «3 kings came on camels cos the Bible says so». what does it actually say
1	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	obj	_	_
18	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | past | 3 kings |  |  | camels cos the Bible |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on camel=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | lil bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | bro |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shepherds brought gold, frankincense and myrrh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t1:o1:1
# text = Shepherds brought gold, frankincense and myrrh
1	Shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	frankincense	frankincense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	myrrh	myrrh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Shepherds | gold and frankincense and myrrh |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Exactly three kings came, named in the Bible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t1:o2:1
# text = Exactly three kings came, named in the Bible
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | three kings |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  |  |  | the Bible |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wise men came with three gifts; it never says three or kings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t1:o3:1
# text = Wise men came with three gifts; it never says three or kings
1	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
13	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Wise men |  |  |  |  | with three gifts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present | it | three kings |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent king=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve kings came with twelve gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t1:o4:1
# text = Twelve kings came with twelve gifts
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Twelve kings |  |  |  |  | with twelve gifts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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