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title: my friend: «ruth was an israelite princess who married david». fix i… — Ruth, and David and Goliath · tree and pragmatics
description: my friend: «ruth was an israelite princess who married david». fix it pls Test 1 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 1 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my friend: «ruth was an israelite princess who married david». fix it pls

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ruth, israelite princess, friend · **What happens:** be, marry, fix · **To what, where:** israelite princess, david

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This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Ruth, and David and Goliath» 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/8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t1:1
# text = my friend: «ruth was an israelite princess who married david». fix it pls
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	ruth	ruth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	israelite	israelite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	david	david	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
15	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	pls	pls	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | ruth | a israelite princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** *in a quote* | past | a israelite princess | david |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Patient |
| 3 | **fix** | infinitive | my friend | david |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ruth was a queen of Egypt who married Saul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t1:o1:1
# text = Ruth was a queen of Egypt who married Saul
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ruth | a queen |  |  |  | of Egypt | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | past | a queen | Saul |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ruth was Goliath's mother from Philistia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t1:o2:1
# text = Ruth was Goliath's mother from Philistia
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Philistia	Philistia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ruth | Goliath's mother |  | Philistia |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ruth was David's sister from Jerusalem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t1:o3:1
# text = Ruth was David's sister from Jerusalem
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ruth | David's sister |  | Jerusalem |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Ruth was a foreign widow from Moab who married Boaz and was David's great-grandmother

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t1:o4:1
# text = Ruth was a foreign widow from Moab who married Boaz and was David's great-grandmother
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	Boaz	Boaz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
13	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ruth | a foreign widow |  | Moab |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **marry** | past | a foreign widow | Boaz |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boaz=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | past | a foreign widow *not said here* | David's great grandmother |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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