Exam question 1 · Joseph and his brothers

Identify the principal cause of the enmity borne towards Joseph by his brothers, as related in Genesis.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, bear, cause · To what, where: principal cause, enmity

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Joseph and his brothers» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cause	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cause	amod
4	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 enmity	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enmity	det
7	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nmod
8	borne	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 enmity	acl
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 Joseph	case
10	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 borne	obl:agent
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 brothers	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brothers	nmod:poss
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 borne	obl:agent
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 related	punct
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 related	case
16	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 Genesis	case
18	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 related	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal cause of the enmity	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	bear	participle		the enmity not said here	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	cause			the enmity	nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An offence committed by Joseph against the Pharaoh of Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 offence	det
2	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 offence	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Joseph	case
5	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 committed	obl:agent
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 Pharaoh	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pharaoh	det
8	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 committed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Egypt	case
10	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Pharaoh	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	participle		a offence not said here				against the Pharaoh of Egypt	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Jealousy occasioned by their father's favouritism and by Joseph's dreams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	occasioned	occasion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Jealousy	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 favouritism	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 favouritism	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 father	case
7	favouritism	favouritism	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 occasioned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dreams	cc
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 dreams	case
10	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dreams	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Joseph	case
12	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 favouritism	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	occasion	participle		Jealousy not said here				by their father's favouritism and Joseph's dreams	tree rules
2	dream		Joseph						nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A dispute concerning the division of their father's flocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dispute	det
2	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 dispute	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 division	det
5	division	division	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concerning	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 flocks	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flocks	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 father	case
10	flocks	flock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 division	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	a dispute not said here	the division of their father's flocks					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus division=Experiencer

Option 4

The theft by Joseph of the grain belonging to his brothers and their father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 theft	det
2	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 Joseph	case
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 theft	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 grain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grain	det
7	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 theft	nmod
8	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 grain	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 brothers	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brothers	nmod:poss
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 belonging	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 father	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 theft	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund	the grain not said here					to Joseph's brothers	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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