Exam question 3 · Moses and the Exodus

Select the response consistent with the established account concerning the provision of nourishment in the wilderness.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established account, nourishment · What happens: select, establish, concern, provide · To what, where: response, provision

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 account	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 account	amod
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 account	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 provision	det
11	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 nourishment	case
13	nourishment	nourishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 provision	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wilderness	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wilderness	det
16	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nourishment	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established account not said here	the provision of nourishment in the wilderness	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus provision=Experiencer
4	provide		nourishment in the wilderness		nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=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

Grain was transported in quantity from the storehouses of Egypt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transported	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transported	aux:pass
3	transported	transport	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 quantity	case
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transported	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 storehouses	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storehouses	det
8	storehouses	storehouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transported	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Egypt	case
10	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 storehouses	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transport	past · passive		Grain		quantity		from the storehouses of Egypt	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from storehouse=Initial_Location

Option 2

The Israelites subsisted exclusively upon fish from the Red Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Israelites	det
2	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 subsisted	nsubj
3	subsisted	subsist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 subsisted	advmod
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 fish	case
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 subsisted	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 Sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sea	det
9	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sea	compound
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 subsisted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subsist	past	the Israelites			the Red Sea		upon fish; exclusively property	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Manna was supplied daily, and any surplus retained overnight was spoiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Manna	Manna	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 supplied	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 supplied	aux:pass
3	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	daily	daily	ADV	_	3 supplied	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spoiled	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 spoiled	cc
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 surplus	det
8	surplus	surplus	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spoiled	nsubj:pass
9	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 surplus	acl
10	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	9 retained	advmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 spoiled	aux:pass
12	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 supplied	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	supply	past · passive	Manna	daily property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	retain	participle	any surplus not said here	overnight property	tree rules
3	spoil	past · passive	any surplus		tree rules

Option 4

Provisions were purchased from merchants in the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 purchased	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 purchased	aux:pass
3	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 merchants	case
5	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 purchased	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 desert	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desert	det
8	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purchased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	past · passive		Provisions		merchants		in the desert	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from merchant=Source

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