Exam question 2 · Joseph and his brothers
Ascertain the interpretation given by Joseph to the dreams of Pharaoh concerning the cattle.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dreams · What happens: ascertain, give, concern, dream · To what, where: interpretation, dreams, cattle, Pharaoh
This is exam question 2 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 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 interpretation | det |
| 3 | interpretation | interpretation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 interpretation | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Joseph | case |
| 6 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 dreams | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dreams | det |
| 9 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 given | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Pharaoh | case |
| 11 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dreams | nmod |
| 12 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 dreams | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cattle | det |
| 14 | cattle | cattle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 concerning | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the interpretation | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | the interpretation not said here | the dreams of Pharaoh | by Joseph | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to dream=Recipient | |||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the dreams of Pharaoh not said here | the cattle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cattle=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | dream | Pharaoh | nom dream «cognition 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
The impending death of Pharaoh and the succession of his eldest son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 death | det |
| 2 | impending | impend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 death | amod |
| 3 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Pharaoh | case |
| 5 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 death | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 succession | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 succession | det |
| 8 | succession | succession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 death | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 son | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 12 son | amod |
| 12 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 succession | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | impend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | die | Pharaoh | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 2
Seven years of warfare to be followed by seven years of peace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 years | nummod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 warfare | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 warfare | case |
| 4 | warfare | warfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 followed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 followed | aux:pass |
| 7 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 warfare | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 followed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 peace | case |
| 12 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 years | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | to-infinitive · passive | year | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V» |
Option 3
The multiplication of the herds of Egypt beyond number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 multiplication | det |
| 2 | multiplication | multiplication | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 herds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 herds | det |
| 5 | herds | herd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 multiplication | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Egypt | case |
| 7 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 herds | nmod |
| 8 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 9 number | advmod |
| 9 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 multiplication | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | multiply | the herds of Egypt | nom multiplication «act intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Seven years of abundance to be followed by seven years of famine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 years | nummod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 followed | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 abundance | case |
| 4 | abundance | abundance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 followed | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 followed | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 followed | aux:pass |
| 7 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 9 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 followed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 famine | case |
| 12 | famine | famine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 years | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | to-infinitive · passive | year | of abundance | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: of abundance=Trajectory |
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