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title: My mate wants to borrow my dad's huge football boots for the match.… — Ruth, and David and Goliath · tree and pragmatics
description: My mate wants to borrow my dad's huge football boots for the match. What would David's story say? Test 9 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 rig
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# Test 9 · Ruth, and David and Goliath

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My mate wants to borrow my dad's huge football boots for the match. What would David's story say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, dad, story · **What happens:** want, borrow, be, say · **To what, where:** huge football boots · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My mate wants to borrow my dad's huge football boots for the match.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:1
# text = My mate wants to borrow my dad's huge football boots for the match.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	ccomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | My mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **borrow** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | My mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the match | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | my dad | huge football boots |  |  |  |  | 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 would David's story say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:2
# text = What would David's story say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	David	David	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* | would | David's story |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Use what fits you and the gifts you have

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:o1:1
# text = Use what fits you and the gifts you have
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | present |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never play against bigger kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:o2:1
# text = Never play against bigger kids
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against bigger kids | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Always copy whatever the strongest player on the team does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:o3:1
# text = Always copy whatever the strongest player on the team does
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the strongest player on the team | whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Big boots always win games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:8-ruth-and-david-and-goliath:t9:o4:1
# text = Big boots always win games
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Big boots | games |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

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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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