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title: big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt». Better answer? — King David and King Solomon · tree and pragmatics
description: big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt». Better answer? Test 7 · ★★ 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 7 · ★★ · King David and King Solomon

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big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt». Better answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big sis · **What happens:** split · **To what, where:** cos

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:1
# text = big sis: «the kingdom split cos of a war with Egypt».
1	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sis	sis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** *in a quote* | past | big sis | cos of a war with Egypt |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent co=Patient |

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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:* Better answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:2
# text = Better answer?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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After Solomon, harsh rule and pride split it into Israel and Judah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:o1:1
# text = After Solomon, harsh rule and pride split it into Israel and Judah
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | harsh rule and pride | pride |  |  | after Solomon | into Israel and Judah *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient into israel=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Egypt took half of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:o2:1
# text = Egypt took half of it
1	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Egypt | half of half |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Goliath's people divided it between their own kings after a great battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:o3:1
# text = Goliath's people divided it between their own kings after a great battle
1	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	divided	divide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past | Goliath's people | it |  |  | after a great battle | between people's own kings | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nathan split it between his sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:9-king-david-and-king-solomon:t7:o4:1
# text = Nathan split it between his sons
1	Nathan	Nathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past | Nathan | it |  |  |  | between Nathan's sons | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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