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title: Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge. Why is his hu… — Abraham, Isaac and Jacob · tree and pragmatics
description: Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge. Why is his hug the stronger choice?" Test 11 · ★★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

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Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge. Why is his hug the stronger choice?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Esau, hug, Judge · **What happens:** have, be, hug · **To what, where:** reason, stronger choice

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 4 «Abraham, Isaac and Jacob» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:1
# text = Judge's follow-up: "Esau had every reason for revenge.
1	Judge	Judge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	follow	follow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Esau	Esau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Esau | every reason |  |  |  | for revenge | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is his hug the stronger choice?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:2
# text = Why is his hug the stronger choice?"
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Judge's hug | the stronger choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hug** |  | Judge |  |  |  |  |  | nom hug «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Revenge would have kept the family broken; forgiveness healed it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:o1:1
# text = Revenge would have kept the family broken; forgiveness healed it
1	Revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would · perfect · passive |  | Revenge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | participle | the family |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **heal** | past | forgiveness | family |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because Esau had forgotten what happened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:o2:1
# text = Because Esau had forgotten what happened
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Esau	Esau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · perfect | Esau |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because forgiveness means just pretending nothing had ever gone wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:o3:1
# text = Because forgiveness means just pretending nothing had ever gone wrong
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	ccomp	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	ccomp	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | forgiveness |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | past · perfect | nothing |  |  |  | ever | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Jacob had paid him a lot of money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob:t11:o4:1
# text = Because Jacob had paid him a lot of money
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · perfect · passive |  | Jacob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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