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title: «Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work». What actually happened? — Jesus' life and teaching · tree and pragmatics
description: «Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work». What actually happened? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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 6 · ★ · Jesus' life and teaching

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«Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work». What actually happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Martha, Mary · **What happens:** be, do, happen · **To what, where:** work

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 13 «Jesus' life and teaching» 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/13-jesus-life-and-teaching/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:1
# text = «Martha was lazy and Mary did all the work».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Martha	Martha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Martha |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Mary | all work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

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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:* What actually happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:2
# text = What actually happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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Martha was busy serving while Mary sat listening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:o1:1
# text = Martha was busy serving while Mary sat listening
1	Martha	Martha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Martha |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **serve** | gerund | Martha *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sit** | past | Mary |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **listen** | gerund | Mary *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both sat listening and nobody served

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:o2:1
# text = Both sat listening and nobody served
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **serve** | past | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mary went out and Martha stayed home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:o3:1
# text = Mary went out and Martha stayed home
1	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Martha	Martha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | Mary |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | past | Martha |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Martha slept all afternoon while Mary cooked for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:13-jesus-life-and-teaching:t6:o4:1
# text = Martha slept all afternoon while Mary cooked for everyone
1	Martha	Martha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cooked	cook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | Martha |  |  |  | afternoon |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cook** | past | Mary |  |  |  |  | for everyone | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for everyone=Beneficiary |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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