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title: A cartoon shows Noah's Ark sailing past the Tower of Babel with Mose… — Olympiad: Bible stories in order and f… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows Noah's Ark sailing past the Tower of Babel with Moses waving from the deck. What's the slip? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many fai…

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A cartoon shows Noah's Ark sailing past the Tower of Babel with Moses waving from the deck. What's the slip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, slip · **What happens:** show, sail, wave, be · **To what, where:** Ark, Tower, deck

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 102 «Olympiad: Bible stories in order and festivals of many faiths ★★★» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows Noah's Ark sailing past the Tower of Babel with Moses waving from the deck.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:1
# text = A cartoon shows Noah's Ark sailing past the Tower of Babel with Moses waving from the deck.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	Ark	Ark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Babel	Babel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | Noah's Ark |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ark=Recipient |
| 2 | **sail** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* |  |  | the Tower of Babel |  | with Moses | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past tower=Trajectory |
| 3 | **wave** | gerund | a cartoon *not said here* |  |  | the deck |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the slip?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:2
# text = What's the slip?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	slip	slip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the slip |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only that the Ark should be painted blue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:o1:1
# text = Only that the Ark should be painted blue
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Ark	Ark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | should · passive |  | the Ark |  |  |  | blue *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, they all happened on the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, they all happened on the same day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Nothing |  |  |  | day | all *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Moses should be steering, not waving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:o3:1
# text = Moses should be steering, not waving
1	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	steering	steer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | should · progressive | Moses |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **wave** | gerund | Moses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Noah's flood comes before Babel, and Moses lives ages after both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:102-olympiad-bible-stories-in-order-and-festivals-of-many-faiths:t5:o4:1
# text = Noah's flood comes before Babel, and Moses lives ages after both
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Babel	Babel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Noah's flood |  |  | Babel |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before babel=Location |
| 2 | **live** | present | Moses | ages |  |  | after both |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme age=Location |
| 3 | **flood** |  | Noah |  |  |  |  |  | nom flood «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

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