Exam question 3 · Joseph and his brothers

Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in Genesis 50:20.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, record · To what, where: response, declaration

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 declaration	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 declaration	det
8	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consistent	obl
9	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 declaration	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Genesis	case
11	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 recorded	obl:agent
12	50:20	50:20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 Genesis	flat
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	record	participle		the declaration not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 right answer

Good may be brought about by God even from deeds intended as evil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brought	nsubj:pass
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 brought	aux:pass
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 brought	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 God	case
7	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 deeds	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 deeds	case
10	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 brought	obj
11	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 deeds	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 evil	case
13	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 intended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring about	may · passive	God	Good				about property	tree rules
2	intend	participle		deeds not said here				as evil	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as evil=Attribute

Option 2

Deeds intended as evil are thereby rendered good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rendered	nsubj:pass
2	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Deeds	acl
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 evil	case
4	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 intended	obl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rendered	aux:pass
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	7 rendered	advmod
7	rendered	render	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rendered	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	participle		Deeds not said here				as evil	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as evil=Attribute
2	render	present · passive		Deeds				good, thereby property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

No wrong was in fact committed by the brothers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 wrong	det
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fact	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fact	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fact	case
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fact	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 brothers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 brothers	det
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 committed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	no wrong			fact			tree rules
2	commit	participle		fact not said here				by the brothers	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Evil deeds are to be repaid with evil in equal measure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 deeds	amod
2	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 repaid	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 repaid	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 repaid	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 repaid	aux:pass
6	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 evil	case
8	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 repaid	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 measure	case
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 measure	amod
11	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 repaid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repay	present · passive		Evil deeds		equal measure		with evil	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with evil=Theme

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