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# Test 3 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

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Ben came top in the test and keeps telling everyone "I'm smarter than all of you lot." Like Joseph with his dreams, what's the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ben, Joseph · **What happens:** come, keep, tell, be, dream · **To what, where:** test, everyone, problem · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben came top in the test and keeps telling everyone "I'm smarter than all of you lot."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:1
# text = Ben came top in the test and keeps telling everyone "I'm smarter than all of you lot."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	iobj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	smarter	smart	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
19	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Ben |  |  | the test |  | top *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in test=Location |
| 2 | **keep** | present | Ben *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Ben *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ben |  |  |  |  | than lot; smart *property* | tree rules |

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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:* Like Joseph with his dreams, what's the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:2
# text = Like Joseph with his dreams, what's the problem?
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dream** |  | Joseph |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It's fine because it's true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:o1:1
# text = It's fine because it's true
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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

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Being right isn't the same as being wise in how you speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:o2:1
# text = Being right isn't the same as being wise in how you speak
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | wise *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He should hide that he came top so that nobody else gets jealous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:o3:1
# text = He should hide that he came top so that nobody else gets jealous
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | should | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past | he |  |  |  |  | top *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coming top is always wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t3:o4:1
# text = Coming top is always wrong
1	Coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund |  | top |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location top=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Coming |  |  |  |  | always, wrong *property* | tree rules |

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