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# Exam question 1 · Noah and the Tower of Babel

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Identify the principal significance attributed to the rainbow in the narrative of the Flood.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, attribute · **To what, where:** principal significance, narrative

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Noah and the Tower of Babel» 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/3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal significance attributed to the rainbow in the narrative of the Flood.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal significance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent significance=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | the principal significance *not said here* |  | the narrative of the Flood |  | to the rainbow | 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 {#o1}

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An indication that the ark was to be abandoned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:e1:o1:1
# text = An indication that the ark was to be abandoned
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past · passive |  | the ark |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A natural occurrence possessing no meaning whatsoever within the account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:e1:o2:1
# text = A natural occurrence possessing no meaning whatsoever within the account
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | gerund | a natural occurrence *not said here* | no meaning |  |  |  | within the account; whatsoever *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot meaning=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A sign of the divine undertaking not again to destroy the earth by water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:e1:o3:1
# text = A sign of the divine undertaking not again to destroy the earth by water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund | a sign of the divine *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | a sign of the divine *not said here* | the earth |  |  |  | by water | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | the divine |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A portent of a further deluge yet to come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:3-noah-and-the-tower-of-babel:e1:o4:1
# text = A portent of a further deluge yet to come
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	portent	portent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	deluge	deluge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | to-infinitive | a portent of a further deluge |  |  |  | yet |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **portend** |  |  | a further deluge |  |  |  |  | nom portent «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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