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description: A judge follows up: «Do historians agree how big Solomon's kingdom was?» Test 10 · ★★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A judge follows up: «Do historians agree how big Solomon's kingdom was?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, historians, kingdom · **What happens:** follow up, agree, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «King David and King Solomon» 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/9-king-david-and-king-solomon/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t10:1
# text = A judge follows up: «Do historians agree how big Solomon's kingdom was?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
8	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
12	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow up** | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | historians |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Solomon's kingdom |  |  |  |  | big *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it was bigger than Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t10:o1:1
# text = Yes, it was bigger than Rome
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | than Rome; big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, historians debate its size and wealth; it is disputed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t10:o2:1
# text = No, historians debate its size and wealth; it is disputed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	debate	debate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **debate** | present | historians | its size and wealth |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | wealth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because Solomon never had a kingdom in any account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t10:o3:1
# text = No, because Solomon never had a kingdom in any account
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | past | Solomon | a kingdom |  | any account |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it covered all of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, it covered all of Africa
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | it | all |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme all=Destination |

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