Test 8 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

«ugh mum, why can't I hoard the snacks like a normal person» — which part of the Exodus story is about this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, part · What happens: not hoard, be · To what, where: snacks

This is test 8 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 hoard	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	3 mum	discourse
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hoard	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hoard	punct
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 hoard	advmod
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hoard	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hoard	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 hoard	nsubj
9	hoard	hoard	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 snacks	det
11	snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hoard	obj
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 person	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 person	det
14	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 person	amod
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 snacks	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 hoard	punct
17	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 part	punct
18	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	19 part	det
19	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 this	nsubj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 story	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 story	det
22	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 story	compound
23	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 part	nmod
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 this	cop
25	about	about	ADP	_	26 this	case
26	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 hoard	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 hoard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hoard in a quote	can	I	the snacks				like a normal person; mum vocative	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Theme
2	is	present	which part of the Exodus story					about this	tree rules

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 burning bush, which needed no fuel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bush	det
2	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 bush	amod
3	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 needed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 needed	nsubj
6	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 fuel	det
8	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	past	the burning bush	no fuel					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fuel=Theme

Option 2

The ten plagues, which struck Egypt one after another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plagues	det
2	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 plagues	nummod
3	plagues	plague	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 struck	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 struck	nsubj
6	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obj
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 Egypt	flat
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the ten plagues	Egypt			after another		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent egypt=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The manna, which went bad when people took more than they needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manna	det
2	manna	manna	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 manna	acl:relcl
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 went	xcomp
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 took	advmod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 took	nsubj
9	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 went	advcl
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 took	obj
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	13 needed	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 needed	nsubj
13	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 more	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	past	the manna		bad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	past	people	more		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
3	need	past	people			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

The basket, where Moses was kept safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 basket	det
2	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 kept	advmod
5	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 basket	acl:relcl
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		Moses				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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