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title: A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where… — Ruth, and David and Goliath · tree and pragmatics
description: A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from». What does Ruth's story say? Test 2 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
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# Test 2 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

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A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from». What does Ruth's story say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new kid, someone, you, story · **What happens:** join, say, go back, come · **To what, where:** class · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:1
# text = A new kid from Syria joins the class and someone says «go back where you came from».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Syria	Syria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	nsubj	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | a new kid from Syria | the class |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go back** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 Ruth's story say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:2
# text = What does Ruth's story say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Ruth's story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Foreigners should stay with their own people, in their own land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:o1:1
# text = Foreigners should stay with their own people, in their own land
1	Foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | should | Foreigners |  |  | Foreigners's own land |  | with Foreigners's own people | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It says nothing about newcomers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:o2:1
# text = It says nothing about newcomers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | It | nothing |  |  |  | about newcomers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Newcomers can belong, as Ruth the foreigner did

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:o3:1
# text = Newcomers can belong, as Ruth the foreigner did
1	Newcomers	newcomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	belong	belong	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	foreigner	foreigner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | can | Newcomers |  |  |  |  | as Ruth | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | the foreigner | Ruth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruth=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only rich foreigners should be welcomed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t2:o4:1
# text = Only rich foreigners should be welcomed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	foreigners	foreigner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	welcomed	welcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **welcome** | should · passive |  | rich foreigners |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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