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title: Identify the principal virtue exemplified by Abraham in departing fr… — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal virtue exemplified by Abraham in departing from his homeland at the divine command. Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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
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# Exam question 1 · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

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Identify the principal virtue exemplified by Abraham in departing from his homeland at the divine command.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, exemplify, depart · **To what, where:** principal virtue, homeland

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» 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/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal virtue exemplified by Abraham in departing from his homeland at the divine command.
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	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	exemplified	exemplify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	departing	depart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	homeland	homeland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	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 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal virtue |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent virtue=Theme |
| 2 | **exemplify** | participle |  | the principal virtue *not said here* |  |  |  | by Abraham | tree rules |
| 3 | **depart** | gerund |  |  |  | Abraham's homeland |  | at the divine command | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from homeland=Initial\_Location |

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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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Obedience to the express instructions of his earthly father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e1:o1:1
# text = Obedience to the express instructions of his earthly father
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	express	express	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	earthly	earthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **instruct** |  |  | his earthly father |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ambition to establish himself as a ruler over other nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e1:o2:1
# text = Ambition to establish himself as a ruler over other nations
1	Ambition	ambition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	establish	establish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | to-infinitive | Ambition | Ambition |  | other nations |  | as a ruler | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Desire to escape a famine which had afflicted his homeland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e1:o3:1
# text = Desire to escape a famine which had afflicted his homeland
1	Desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	homeland	homeland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | to-infinitive |  | a famine |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme famine=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **afflict** | past · perfect · passive |  | a famine |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer homeland=Result |

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

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Trust in God without knowledge of every particular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e1:o4:1
# text = Trust in God without knowledge of every particular
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	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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