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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the petition made by Solomon upon being offered a gift by God? Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · King David and King Solomon

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the petition made by Solomon upon being offered a gift by God?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** God · **What happens:** follow, characteris, make, offer · **To what, where:** petition, gift

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the petition made by Solomon upon being offered a gift by God?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the petition |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  | the petition *not said here* |  |  |  | by Solomon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **offer** | gerund · passive | God | a gift |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He requested a reign of unlimited duration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e2:o1:1
# text = He requested a reign of unlimited duration
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reign	reign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	unlimited	unlimited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | He | a reign of unlimited duration |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent reign=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He requested riches exceeding those of all kings before and after him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e2:o2:1
# text = He requested riches exceeding those of all kings before and after him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | He | riches |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent rich=Recipient |
| 2 | **exceed** | gerund | riches *not said here* | riches |  |  | before him *= he* |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He requested the death of his enemies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e2:o3:1
# text = He requested the death of his enemies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | He | the death of his enemies |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent death=Recipient |
| 2 | **die** |  | his enemies |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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He requested wisdom for the governance of his people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:e2:o4:1
# text = He requested wisdom for the governance of his people
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	governance	governance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | He | wisdom |  |  |  | for the governance of his people | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wisdom=Recipient |

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