--- title: Ascertain the number of sheep left by the shepherd in order that the… — Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prod… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the number of sheep left by the shepherd in order that the lost one might be sought. Exam question 3 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 quest --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los… Ascertain the number of sheep left by the shepherd in order that the lost one might be sought. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, order · **What happens:** ascertain, leave, lose, seek · **To what, where:** number, sheep, order, lost one This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the number of sheep left by the shepherd in order that the lost one might be sought. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of sheep | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | participle | | sheep *not said here* | | | | in order *result*; by the shepherd | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in order=Result | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seek** | might · passive | order *not said here* | the lost one | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Ninety ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e3:o1:1 # text = Ninety 1 Ninety ninety NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One hundred ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e3:o2:1 # text = One hundred 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ninety-nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e3:o3:1 # text = Ninety-nine 1 Ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:e3:o4:1 # text = Twelve 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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