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description: Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother. Which part of Joseph's story is like this? Test 4 · ★ 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 op
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# Test 4 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

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Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother. Which part of Joseph's story is like this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, part · **What happens:** break, lie, blame, be · **To what, where:** window, little brother

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:1
# text = Your friend broke a window, then lied to his dad, then blamed his little brother.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
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	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | Your friend | a window |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient |
| 2 | **lie** | past | Your friend *not said here* |  |  |  | then | to friend's dad | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **blame** | past |  | friend's little brother |  |  | then |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |

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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:* Which part of Joseph's story is like this?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:2
# text = Which part of Joseph's story is like this?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | which part of Joseph's story |  |  |  |  | like this | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The brothers: one wrong led to bigger wrongs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:o1:1
# text = The brothers: one wrong led to bigger wrongs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	wrongs	wrong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to bigger wrongs | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to wrong=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Joseph helping other prisoners while in prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:o2:1
# text = Joseph helping other prisoners while in prison
1	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | gerund | Joseph | other prisoners |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pharaoh's dreams of the seven fat and thin cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:o3:1
# text = Pharaoh's dreams of the seven fat and thin cows
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** |  | Pharaoh | the seven fat and thin cows |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Joseph forgiving his brothers when they came to Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t4:o4:1
# text = Joseph forgiving his brothers when they came to Egypt
1	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgiving	forgive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | gerund | Joseph | Joseph's brothers |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  | Egypt |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to egypt=Initial\_Location |

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