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description: Identify the principal cause of the enmity borne towards Joseph by his brothers, as related in Genesis. Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Joseph and his brothers» 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 cho
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# Exam question 1 · Joseph and his brothers

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Identify the principal cause of the enmity borne towards Joseph by his brothers, as related in Genesis.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, bear, cause · **To what, where:** principal cause, enmity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Joseph and his brothers» 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/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal cause of the enmity borne towards Joseph by his brothers, as related in Genesis.
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	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 cause of the enmity |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | participle |  | the enmity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the enmity |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An offence committed by Joseph against the Pharaoh of Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e1:o1:1
# text = An offence committed by Joseph against the Pharaoh of Egypt
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | participle |  | a offence *not said here* |  |  |  | against the Pharaoh of Egypt | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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Jealousy occasioned by their father's favouritism and by Joseph's dreams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e1:o2:1
# text = Jealousy occasioned by their father's favouritism and by Joseph's dreams
1	Jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	favouritism	favouritism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | participle |  | Jealousy *not said here* |  |  |  | by their father's favouritism and Joseph's dreams | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** |  | Joseph |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dispute concerning the division of their father's flocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e1:o3:1
# text = A dispute concerning the division of their father's flocks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	flocks	flock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | a dispute *not said here* | the division of their father's flocks |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus division=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The theft by Joseph of the grain belonging to his brothers and their father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e1:o4:1
# text = The theft by Joseph of the grain belonging to his brothers and their father
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund | the grain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Joseph's brothers | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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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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