Exam question 1 · Moses and the Exodus

Identify the individuals who, pursuant to the account in Exodus, declined to execute the royal decree concerning the Hebrew male infants.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, royal decree · What happens: identify, decline, not execute, concern · To what, where: individuals, royal decree, Hebrew male infants

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» 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	3 individuals	det
3	individuals	individual	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Identify	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct
6	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	9 account	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 account	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Exodus	case
11	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 declined	punct
13	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 execute	mark
15	execute	execute	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 declined	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 decree	det
17	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 decree	amod
18	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 execute	obj
19	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 decree	acl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 infants	det
21	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 infants	amod
22	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 infants	amod
23	infants	infant	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 concerning	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the individuals	to the account in Exodus	tree rules
2	decline	past				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not execute	to-infinitive		the royal decree		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Patient
4	concern	gerund	the royal decree not said here	the Hebrew male infants		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus infant=Experiencer

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 elders of the Israelite tribes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elders	det
2	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 tribes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tribes	det
5	Israelite	israelite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tribes	amod
6	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 elders	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The magicians of Pharaoh's court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magicians	det
2	magicians	magician	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 court	case
4	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 court	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Pharaoh	case
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 magicians	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The midwives Shiphrah and Puah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 midwives	det
2	midwives	midwife	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	Shiphrah	Shiphrah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 midwives	appos
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Puah	cc
5	Puah	Puah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Shiphrah	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The guards of the royal palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 palace	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
5	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 palace	amod
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guards	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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