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title: Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's b… — Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prod… · tree and pragmatics
description: Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths». Best answer? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Parables: the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son and the Los…

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Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths». Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Classmate, that · **What happens:** ask, leave, be · **To what, where:** 99 sheep, bad maths · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:1
# text = Classmate with no religion asks: «Why leave 99 sheep for 1? that's bad maths».
1	Classmate	classmate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
10	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Classmate with no religion |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 99 sheep |  |  |  | for 1 | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme for 1=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | bad maths |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The 99 were already sold at the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:o1:1
# text = The 99 were already sold at the market
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · passive |  | the 99 |  | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at market=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The story shows every single person matters to God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:o2:1
# text = The story shows every single person matters to God
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the story |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **matter** | present | every single person |  | God |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to god=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The one sheep was made of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:o3:1
# text = The one sheep was made of gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | the one sheep |  |  |  | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Shepherds always lost more sheep than they ever found again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:14-parables-good-samaritan-prodigal-son-lost-sheep:t6:o4:1
# text = Shepherds always lost more sheep than they ever found again
1	Shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | Shepherds | more sheep |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Eventuality |
| 2 | **find** | past | Shepherds *= shepherd* |  |  |  | ever; again |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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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