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title: A judge follows up: «Is every detail of Ruth and David agreed to be… — Ruth, and David and Goliath · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge follows up: «Is every detail of Ruth and David agreed to be exact history?» Test 11 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 11 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

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A judge follows up: «Is every detail of Ruth and David agreed to be exact history?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, detail · **What happens:** follow up, be, agree · **To what, where:** detail, exact history

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t11:1
# text = A judge follows up: «Is every detail of Ruth and David agreed to be exact history?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
17	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow up** | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | every detail |  |  |  | of Ruth and David | tree rules |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | past | every detail |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | every detail *not said here* | exact history |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, every Christian agrees on every detail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, every Christian agrees on every detail
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	Christian	Christian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | every Christian |  |  |  |  | on every detail | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on detail=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, because Ruth never existed in any version of the Bible story at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t11:o2:1
# text = No, because Ruth never existed in any version of the Bible story at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past | Ruth |  |  | any version of the Bible story at all |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in version=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Christians differ on the details, though the lessons are agreed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t11:o3:1
# text = No, Christians differ on the details, though the lessons are agreed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	differ	differ	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **differ** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  | on the details | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on detail=Topic |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present · passive |  | the lessons |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, there are photographs of Goliath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, there are photographs of Goliath
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | photographs of Goliath |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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