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title: What did Herod feel about the newborn king? — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Herod feel about the newborn king? Test 11 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 right.
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# Test 11 · The birth of Jesus

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What did Herod feel about the newborn king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Herod · **What happens:** feel

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t11:1
# text = What did Herod feel about the newborn king?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Herod	Herod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	newborn	newborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | Herod |  |  |  |  | about the newborn king | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme about king=Location |

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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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Pity and a wish to help the poor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t11:o1:1
# text = Pity and a wish to help the poor
1	Pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | the poor |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poor=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Joy and a wish to give gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t11:o2:1
# text = Joy and a wish to give gifts
1	Joy	Joy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | gifts |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |

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

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Jealous fear for his own throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t11:o3:1
# text = Jealous fear for his own throne
1	Jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, he never heard of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t11:o4:1
# text = Nothing, he never heard of him
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | past | Nothing |  |  |  |  | of him *= he* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of he=Stimulus |

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