Exam question 4 · Joseph and his brothers

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Joseph upon revealing himself to his brothers?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, reveal, conduct · To what, where: conduct, Joseph, brothers

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 conduct	det
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Joseph	case
12	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 conduct	nmod
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 revealing	mark
14	revealing	reveal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
15	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 revealing	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 brothers	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brothers	nmod:poss
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 revealing	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the conduct of Joseph		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	reveal	gerund	Joseph	Joseph's brothers		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Topic to brother=Recipient
4	conduct		Joseph			nom conduct «act 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

He caused them to be imprisoned forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caused	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 imprisoned	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 imprisoned	aux:pass
6	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 caused	advcl
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 imprisoned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	He	them = they					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition they=Patient
2	imprison	to-infinitive · passive	He not said here					forthwith property	vn confine-92 «NP V NP»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wept and extended forgiveness to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 extended	cc
4	extended	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 extended	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 extended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	extend	past	He not said here	forgiveness	them = they				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Theme to they=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He required them to serve him as bondsmen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 required	nsubj
2	required	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 required	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 serve	mark
5	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 required	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 serve	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 bondsmen	case
8	bondsmen	bondsman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past	He	them = they					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	serve	to-infinitive	He not said here	him = he				as bondsmen	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Duration as bondsman=Attribute

Option 4

He demanded restitution for the wrongs he suffered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 demanded	nsubj
2	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	restitution	restitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demanded	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 wrongs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wrongs	det
6	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 demanded	obl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 suffered	nsubj
8	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wrongs	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	past	He	restitution				for the wrongs	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme restitution=Precondition
2	suffer	past	he	the wrongs not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wrong=Stimulus

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