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title: dad lost me at the shops for an hour n went mental. is there a Bible… — The birth of Jesus · tree and pragmatics
description: dad lost me at the shops for an hour n went mental. is there a Bible story like that Test 8 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 8 · The birth of Jesus

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dad lost me at the shops for an hour n went mental. is there a Bible story like that

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, hour n · **What happens:** lose, go, be · **To what, where:** me, shops, Bible story

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t8:1
# text = dad lost me at the shops for an hour n went mental. is there a Bible story like that
1	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
19	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | dad | me |  | the shops |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go** | past | a hour n |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | a Bible story |  |  |  | like that | tree rules |

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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}

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The wise men losing the star for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t8:o1:1
# text = The wise men losing the star for a week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | gerund | the wise men | the star |  |  | week |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jonah lost inside the big fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t8:o2:1
# text = Jonah lost inside the big fish
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle · passive |  | Jonah |  |  |  | inside the big fish | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The lost sheep found in the desert at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t8:o3:1
# text = The lost sheep found in the desert at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | the lost sheep *not said here* |  | the desert at night |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boy Jesus missing for three days, found in the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:12-the-birth-of-jesus:t8:o4:1
# text = The boy Jesus missing for three days, found in the Temple
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | the boy *not said here* |  | the Temple |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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