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title: «solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right». Wh… — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: «solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right». What is wrong with this? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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«solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right». What is wrong with this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** solomon, he, everything · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** wisest guy

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:1
# text = «solomon was the wisest guy ever so everything he did was right».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	solomon	solomon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	nsubj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | solomon | the wisest guy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | everything |  |  |  | ever | right *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong with this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:2
# text = What is wrong with this?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with this; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, Solomon never did wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:o1:1
# text = Nothing, Solomon never did wrong
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past | Nothing |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Wisdom must be lived; Solomon later turned to other gods and was harsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:o2:1
# text = Wisdom must be lived; Solomon later turned to other gods and was harsh
1	Wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | must · passive |  | Wisdom |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location |
| 2 | **turn** | past | Solomon |  |  |  |  | to other gods *result*; late *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to god=Result |
| 3 | **is** | past | Solomon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | harsh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Solomon was only wise as a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:o3:1
# text = Solomon was only wise as a child
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Solomon |  |  |  |  | as a child; wise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Solomon was not wise at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t6:o4:1
# text = Solomon was not wise at all
1	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | Solomon |  |  | all |  | wise *property* | tree rules |

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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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