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title: Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted to King David the narrative of the poor man's lamb. Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 1 · King David and King Solomon

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Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted to King David the narrative of the poor man's lamb.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prophet · **What happens:** identify, recount · **To what, where:** principal reason, narrative, David

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the prophet Nathan recounted to King David the narrative of the poor man's lamb.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	recounted	recount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:desc	_	_
13	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | the prophet | the narrative of the poor man's lamb | David  King |  |  | for the principal reason | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent narrative=Topic to david=Recipient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To entertain the royal court at a festival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e1:o1:1
# text = To entertain the royal court at a festival
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	entertain	entertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entertain** | to-infinitive |  | the royal court |  | a festival |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus court=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To announce the construction of the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e1:o2:1
# text = To announce the construction of the Temple
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	announce	announce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | the construction of the Temple |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent construction=Theme |
| 2 | **construct** |  |  | the Temple |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To request compensation for a stolen animal on behalf of a poor man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e1:o3:1
# text = To request compensation for a stolen animal on behalf of a poor man
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	request	request	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	compensation	compensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | to-infinitive |  | compensation |  | behalf of a poor man |  | for a stolen animal | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent compensation=Recipient |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To cause the king to recognise and condemn his own wrongdoing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e1:o4:1
# text = To cause the king to recognise and condemn his own wrongdoing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	condemn	condemn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | to-infinitive |  | the king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **recognise** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **condemn** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's own wrongdoing |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoing=Theme |

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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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