--- title: Ascertain the means by which, according to Genesis, Jacob obtained t… — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the means by which, according to Genesis, Jacob obtained the birthright and blessing belonging to Esau. Exam question 3 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Ascertain the means by which, according to Genesis, Jacob obtained the birthright and blessing belonging to Esau. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the, Genesis, blessing · **What happens:** ascertain, mean, accord, obtain, belong · **To what, where:** birthright, Esau · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the means by which, according to Genesis, Jacob obtained the birthright and blessing belonging to Esau. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 Genesis Genesis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 birthright birthright NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **obtain** | past | Genesis and Jacob | the birthright and blessing | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthright=Theme | | 5 | **belong** | gerund | blessing *not said here* | | Esau | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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} By the voluntary and cheerful gift of Esau ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e3:o1:1 # text = By the voluntary and cheerful gift of Esau 1 By by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 voluntary voluntary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gift** | | | Esau | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} By victory over Esau in single combat ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e3:o2:1 # text = By victory over Esau in single combat 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 combat combat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By deception practised upon his brother and his father ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e3:o3:1 # text = By deception practised upon his brother and his father 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** | participle | | deception *not said here* | | | | upon his brother and his father | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} By lawful purchase from the father, Isaac ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:e3:o4:1 # text = By lawful purchase from the father, Isaac 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/e2/) - next →: [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/e4/) - ↑ back to [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/)