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title: «the giant was just a big man lol, why was everyone so scared?» What… — Ruth, and David and Goliath · tree and pragmatics
description: «the giant was just a big man lol, why was everyone so scared?» What does the story show? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

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«the giant was just a big man lol, why was everyone so scared?» What does the story show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giant · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** big man, everyone

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the giant was just a big man lol, why was everyone so scared?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:1
# text = «the giant was just a big man lol, why was everyone so scared?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	conj	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the giant | a big man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the giant *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | 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 the story show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:2
# text = What does the story show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The king had banned fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:o1:1
# text = The king had banned fighting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · perfect · passive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Fear can freeze a whole crowd until one person trusts and acts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:o2:1
# text = Fear can freeze a whole crowd until one person trusts and acts
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	trusts	trust	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | can | Fear | a whole crowd |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient crowd=Result |
| 2 | **trust** | present | one person |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **act** | present | one person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The soldiers were all asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:o3:1
# text = The soldiers were all asleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the soldiers |  |  |  |  | all, asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Goliath had magic powers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t8:o4:1
# text = Goliath had magic powers
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Goliath | magic powers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |

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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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