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Test 5 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one». What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, plagues, bad weather · What happens: say, be, let, go · To what, where: bad weather, plagues · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 weather	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plagues	det
5	plagues	plague	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 weather	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 weather	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 weather	advmod
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 weather	amod
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 let	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pharaoh	punct
11	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weather	conj
12	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 let	obj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 let	xcomp
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 one	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 one	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 one	amod
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 let	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sam						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	past	the plagues	bad weather and pharaoh					tree rules
3	let in a quote	infinitive	bad weather and pharaoh	plagues = plague					tree rules
4	go in a quote	infinitive	plagues = plague not said here				after the first one		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Pharaoh let them go straight after the third plague, the gnats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 plague	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 plague	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plague	det
8	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 plague	amod
9	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gnats	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gnats	det
12	gnats	gnat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	Pharaoh	them = they				the gnats obl	tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here				after the third plague		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

There were only two plagues and then peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 plagues	advmod
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 plagues	nummod
5	plagues	plague	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 peace	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 peace	advmod
8	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 plagues	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	two plagues and peace			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pharaoh refused again and again, and there were ten plagues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	again	again	ADV	_	2 refused	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 again	cc
5	again	again	ADV	_	3 again	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 were	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 were	cc
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 were	expl
9	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 plagues	nummod
11	plagues	plague	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 were	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	Pharaoh				again		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	be	past	ten plagues			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Pharaoh never let them go at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	infinitive	Pharaoh	them = they					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here			all			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

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