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title: Told today, who might the Samaritan be? — Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prod… · tree and pragmatics
description: Told today, who might the Samaritan be? Test 2 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…

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Told today, who might the Samaritan be?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** today · **What happens:** tell, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Lost Sheep» 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/14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t2:1
# text = Told today, who might the Samaritan be?
1	Told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
5	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Samaritan	Samaritan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  | today |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | might | today |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The vicar of your own church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t2:o1:1
# text = The vicar of your own church
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A famous footballer that everyone in town already loves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t2:o2:1
# text = A famous footballer that everyone in town already loves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | everyone | a famous footballer |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your best friend from class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t2:o3:1
# text = Your best friend from class
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone from a group your town is taught to dislike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t2:o4:1
# text = Someone from a group your town is taught to dislike
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	taught	teach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dislike	dislike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Someone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dislike** | to-infinitive | Someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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