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title: you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it».… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it». Which story warns against this? Test 4 · ★★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it». Which story warns against this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sister, cat, story · **What happens:** break, say, do, warn · **To what, where:** vase · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:1
# text = you broke mum's vase and your sister says «just say the cat did it».
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | you | mum's vase |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | your sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the cat | vase |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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:* Which story warns against this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:2
# text = Which story warns against this?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | which story |  |  |  |  | against this | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against this=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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David, who tried to hide his wrong until Nathan showed it to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:o1:1
# text = David, who tried to hide his wrong until Nathan showed it to him
1	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | David's wrong |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Patient |
| 3 | **show** | past | Nathan | it | David |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ruth and Naomi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:o2:1
# text = Ruth and Naomi
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Naomi	Naomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jonah and the plant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:o3:1
# text = Jonah and the plant
1	Jonah	Jonah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Solomon, who prayed for wisdom and built the great Temple in Jerusalem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t4:o4:1
# text = Solomon, who prayed for wisdom and built the great Temple in Jerusalem
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | Solomon |  |  |  |  | for wisdom | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for wisdom=Theme |
| 2 | **build** | past | Solomon *not said here* | the great Temple |  | Jerusalem |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset temple=Product |

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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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