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title: Ascertain the sum for which Judas Iscariot is recorded as having bet… — The Last Supper and the crucifixion · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the sum for which Judas Iscariot is recorded as having betrayed Jesus to the authorities. Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 2 · The Last Supper and the crucifixion

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Ascertain the sum for which Judas Iscariot is recorded as having betrayed Jesus to the authorities.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, record, have, betray · **To what, where:** sum, Judas, betrayed Jesus

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «The Last Supper and the crucifixion» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the sum for which Judas Iscariot is recorded as having betrayed Jesus to the authorities.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	Judas	Judas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	Iscariot	Iscariot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **record** | present · passive |  | Judas |  |  |  | for the sum | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | gerund |  | betrayed Jesus |  |  |  | to the authorities | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Patient |
| 4 | **betray** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twelve pieces of gold from the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e2:o1:1
# text = Twelve pieces of gold from the Temple
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forty pieces of bronze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e2:o2:1
# text = Forty pieces of bronze
1	Forty	forty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Five pieces of silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e2:o3:1
# text = Five pieces of silver
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Thirty pieces of silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion:e2:o4:1
# text = Thirty pieces of silver
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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