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title: «so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho». What was Solomon… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: «so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho». What was Solomon really doing? Test 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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«so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho». What was Solomon really doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, Solomon · **What happens:** say, cut, be, do · **To what, where:** baby, psycho · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:1
# text = «so the king said cut the baby lol that's psycho».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	psycho	psycho	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cut** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the baby |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset baby=Product |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | that psycho |  |  |  |  | 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 was Solomon really doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:2
# text = What was Solomon really doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Following an old law about babies that Moses had written

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:o1:1
# text = Following an old law about babies that Moses had written
1	Following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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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 | **write** | past · perfect · passive |  | babies |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Testing which woman truly loved the baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:o2:1
# text = Testing which woman truly loved the baby
1	Testing	test	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | gerund |  | which woman |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | past | Testing | the baby |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Making a cruel joke at a feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:o3:1
# text = Making a cruel joke at a feast
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a cruel joke |  | a feast |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Punishing both women for lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t2:o4:1
# text = Punishing both women for lying
1	Punishing	punish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lying	lying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | gerund |  | both women |  |  |  | for lying | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent woman=Patient for lying=Theme |

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