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title: Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took." What… — Saying sorry and making amends: Zaccha… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

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Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took." What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ava, Zacchaeus · **What happens:** play, say, pay back, take, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» 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/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:1
# text = Ava, playing Zacchaeus, says, "He only paid back what he took."
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ava and playing Zacchaeus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay back** *in a quote* | past | Zacchaeus |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset |
| 4 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Zacchaeus |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He paid back twice what he took and kept the rest for himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:o1:1
# text = He paid back twice what he took and kept the rest for himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset |
| 2 | **take** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | past | He *not said here* | the rest |  |  |  | for himself *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme |

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

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He paid back four times and gave half his things to the poor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:o2:1
# text = He paid back four times and gave half his things to the poor
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past | He |  |  |  | time |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past | He *not said here* | his things | the poor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to poor=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He paid back nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:o3:1
# text = He paid back nothing at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past | He | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He only gave money to Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t3:o4:1
# text = He only gave money to Jesus
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | money | Jesus |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to jesus=Recipient |

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