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# Exam question 4 · Joseph and his brothers

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Joseph upon revealing himself to his brothers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, reveal, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, Joseph, brothers

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct of Joseph upon revealing himself to his brothers?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the conduct of Joseph |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reveal** | gerund |  | Joseph | Joseph's brothers |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Topic to brother=Recipient |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | Joseph |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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 {#o1}

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He caused them to be imprisoned forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e4:o1:1
# text = He caused them to be imprisoned forthwith
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
7	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition they=Patient |
| 2 | **imprison** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn confine-92 «NP V NP» |

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

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He wept and extended forgiveness to them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e4:o2:1
# text = He wept and extended forgiveness to them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	extended	extend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **extend** | past | He *not said here* | forgiveness | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Theme to they=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He required them to serve him as bondsmen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e4:o3:1
# text = He required them to serve him as bondsmen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bondsmen	bondsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | as bondsmen | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Duration as bondsman=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He demanded restitution for the wrongs he suffered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:e4:o4:1
# text = He demanded restitution for the wrongs he suffered
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | He | restitution |  |  |  | for the wrongs | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme restitution=Precondition |
| 2 | **suffer** | past | he | the wrongs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wrong=Stimulus |

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