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title: Grandad says, "Leave the edges of your field for the hungry, that's… — Finders keepers and what belongs to whom · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandad says, "Leave the edges of your field for the hungry, that's in the Bible." What does this show? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

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Grandad says, "Leave the edges of your field for the hungry, that's in the Bible." What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad, that, this · **What happens:** say, leave, be, show · **To what, where:** edges, Bible · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» 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/42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandad says, "Leave the edges of your field for the hungry, that's in the Bible."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:1
# text = Grandad says, "Leave the edges of your field for the hungry, that's in the Bible."
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the edges of your field |  |  |  | for the hungry | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent edge=Theme for hungry=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  | the Bible |  |  | 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:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Bible says hungry people must work for free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:o1:1
# text = The Bible says hungry people must work for free
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **work** | must | hungry people |  |  |  |  | for free | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for free=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Bible says nobody should own any land at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:o2:1
# text = The Bible says nobody should own any land at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	own	own	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **own** | should | nobody | any land |  | all |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Bible teaches care for the poor alongside respect for property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:o3:1
# text = The Bible teaches care for the poor alongside respect for property
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	alongside	alongside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | the Bible | care |  |  |  | for the poor alongside respect for property | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent care=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Bible says farmers must give away all their crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:42-finders-keepers-and-what-belongs-to-whom:t12:o4:1
# text = The Bible says farmers must give away all their crops
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Bible |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give away** | must | farmers | farmers's crops |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent crop=Theme |

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