--- title: Identify the principal question which occasioned the parable of the… — Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prod… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal question which occasioned the parable of the Good Samaritan. Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prod…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los… Identify the principal question which occasioned the parable of the Good Samaritan. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal question · **What happens:** identify, occasion · **To what, where:** principal question, parable This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal question which occasioned the parable of the Good Samaritan. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 occasioned occasion VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Samaritan Samaritan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal question | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent question=Theme | | 2 | **occasion** | past | the principal question | the parable of the Good Samaritan | | | | | tree rules | 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} «How ought we to pray?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e1:o1:1 # text = «How ought we to pray?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** *in a quote* | ought | we | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «Who is my neighbour?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e1:o2:1 # text = «Who is my neighbour?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | my neighbour | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} «Is it lawful to pay taxes?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e1:o3:1 # text = «Is it lawful to pay taxes?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 taxes tax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | lawful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | taxes | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Who is the greatest?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e1:o4:1 # text = «Who is the greatest?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | **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. 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