--- title: Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." What d… — Joseph and his brothers · tree and pragmatics description: Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison? Test 6 · ★ 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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Joseph and his brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Dan, Joseph, story · **What happens:** say, be, fall, do · **To what, where:** feet · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:1 # text = Uncle Dan says: "Joseph was lucky, he just fell on his feet." 1 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle Dan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Joseph | | | | | lucky *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | Joseph | | | Joseph's feet | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:2 # text = What does the story say Joseph did, even in prison? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the story | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | Joseph | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He bribed the guards to let him out ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:o1:1 # text = He bribed the guards to let him out 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bribed bribe 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 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bribe** | past | He | the guards | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient | | 2 | **let out** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He waited in his cell and did nothing at all for years ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:o2:1 # text = He waited in his cell and did nothing at all for years 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in 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 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | He | | | his cell | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cell=Location | | 2 | **do** | past | He *not said here* | nothing | | all | year | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} He kept quiet and hid his gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:o3:1 # text = He kept quiet and hid his gifts 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | He | | | | | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* | his gifts | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | | 3 | **gift** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He kept doing good and helping others ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t6:o4:1 # text = He kept doing good and helping others 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 helping help VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 conj _ _ 7 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | He *not said here* | good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 3 | **help** | gerund | He *not said here* | others | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary | **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. 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