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description: Select the response consistent with the established account concerning the conduct of David towards King Saul. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

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Select the response consistent with the established account concerning the conduct of David towards King Saul.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established account · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, conduct · **To what, where:** response, conduct, David

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» 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/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established account concerning the conduct of David towards King Saul.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established account *not said here* | the conduct of David |  |  |  | towards King Saul | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | David |  |  |  | towards King Saul | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient towards=obl |

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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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David delivered Saul to the Philistines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:e4:o1:1
# text = David delivered Saul to the Philistines
1	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Philistines	Philistine	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past | David | Saul | the Philistines |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent saul=Theme to philistine=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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David slew Saul in single combat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:e4:o2:1
# text = David slew Saul in single combat
1	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past | David | Saul |  | single combat |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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David conspired with Jonathan to depose Saul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:e4:o3:1
# text = David conspired with Jonathan to depose Saul
1	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conspired	conspire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jonathan	Jonathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	depose	depose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conspire** | past | David |  |  |  |  | with Jonathan | vn conspire-71 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with jonathan=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **depose** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | Saul |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Having opportunity to slay Saul, David declined to do him harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:e4:o4:1
# text = Having opportunity to slay Saul, David declined to do him harm
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | David *not said here* | opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Patient |
| 2 | **slay** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | Saul |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Patient |
| 3 | **decline** | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | David |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
| 5 | **not** **harm** | infinitive | David *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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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