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title: Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover. — Judaism · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover. Exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Judaism» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · Judaism

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Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, commemorate · **To what, where:** event

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Judaism» 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/30-judaism/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the event commemorated by the festival of Passover.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	commemorated	commemorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Passover	Passover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 event |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic |
| 2 | **commemorate** | participle |  | the event *not said here* |  |  |  | by the festival of Passover | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The covenant made with Noah after the flood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e3:o1:1
# text = The covenant made with Noah after the flood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the covenant *not said here* |  |  | after the flood | with Noah | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e3:o2:1
# text = The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	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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The dedication of the Temple with lights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e3:o3:1
# text = The dedication of the Temple with lights
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dedication	dedication	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	Temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The giving of the Shema to Abraham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:30-judaism:e3:o4:1
# text = The giving of the Shema to Abraham
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Shema	shema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  |  | Abraham |  |  | of the Shema | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to abraham=Recipient |

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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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