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# Test 10 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

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Olympiad judge: "Joseph had power over his brothers. Why was forgiving them wiser than revenge?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Joseph · **What happens:** have, forgive · **To what, where:** power

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Joseph and his brothers» 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/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Olympiad judge: "Joseph had power over his brothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:1
# text = Olympiad judge: "Joseph had power over his brothers.
1	Olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Joseph | power |  |  |  | over Joseph's brothers | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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 was forgiving them wiser than revenge?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:2
# text = Why was forgiving them wiser than revenge?"
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Forgiveness restored the family; revenge would have broken it for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:o1:1
# text = Forgiveness restored the family; revenge would have broken it for good
1	Forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | Forgiveness | the family |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent family=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | would · perfect · passive |  | revenge |  |  |  | for good | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient it=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because they had not done anything wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:o2:1
# text = Because they had not done anything wrong
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past · perfect | they | anything |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because revenge is not allowed in Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:o3:1
# text = Because revenge is not allowed in Egypt
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | revenge |  | Egypt |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because he was too busy to punish them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t10:o4:1
# text = Because he was too busy to punish them
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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