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title: Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in… — Joseph and his brothers · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in Genesis 50:20. Exam question 3 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 choice was right.
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# Exam question 3 · Joseph and his brothers

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Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in Genesis 50:20.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** response, declaration

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e3:1
# text = Select the response most consistent with the declaration recorded in Genesis 50:20.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
12	50:20	50:20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the declaration *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Good may be brought about by God even from deeds intended as evil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e3:o1:1
# text = Good may be brought about by God even from deeds intended as evil
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
11	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring about** | may · passive | God | Good |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | participle |  | deeds *not said here* |  |  |  | as evil | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as evil=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Deeds intended as evil are thereby rendered good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e3:o2:1
# text = Deeds intended as evil are thereby rendered good
1	Deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | Deeds *not said here* |  |  |  | as evil | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as evil=Attribute |
| 2 | **render** | present · passive |  | Deeds |  |  |  | good, thereby *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No wrong was in fact committed by the brothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e3:o3:1
# text = No wrong was in fact committed by the brothers
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | no wrong |  |  | fact |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **commit** | participle |  | fact *not said here* |  |  |  | by the brothers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Evil deeds are to be repaid with evil in equal measure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e3:o4:1
# text = Evil deeds are to be repaid with evil in equal measure
1	Evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repay** | present · passive |  | Evil deeds |  | equal measure |  | with evil | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with evil=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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