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title: Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella toda… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today». Who is your mate like? Test 5 · ★★ 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 r
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# Test 5 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today». Who is your mate like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best mate, you · **What happens:** tell, mean, be · **To what, where:** you, Ella, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:1
# text = Your best mate tells you straight «you were really mean to Ella today».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Your best mate |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | past | you |  | Ella |  | today | straight *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to ella=Attribute |

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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:* Who is your mate like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:2
# text = Who is your mate like?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | your mate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pharaoh, who would not listen to Moses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:o1:1
# text = Pharaoh, who would not listen to Moses
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **listen** | would | Pharaoh |  | Moses |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to moses=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Saul, who was jealous of young David

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:o2:1
# text = Saul, who was jealous of young David
1	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	David	David	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 | Saul |  |  |  |  | of young David; jealous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Goliath, who mocked the whole army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:o3:1
# text = Goliath, who mocked the whole army
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past | Goliath | the whole army |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nathan, who told David the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t5:o4:1
# text = Nathan, who told David the truth
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Nathan | the truth | David |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent david=Recipient truth=Topic |

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