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title: Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all."… — Joseph and his brothers · tree and pragmatics
description: Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all." Which part of Joseph's story fits? Test 7 · ★ 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's choice w
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# Test 7 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers

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Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all." Which part of Joseph's story fits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, part · **What happens:** say, save, not blow, fit · **To what, where:** some, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:1
# text = Your dad says "Save some of your birthday money, don't blow it all."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | some |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **blow** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  | money |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=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:* Which part of Joseph's story fits?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:2
# text = Which part of Joseph's story fits?
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	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | which part of Joseph's story |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Joseph's brothers selling him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:o1:1
# text = Joseph's brothers selling him
1	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | Joseph's brothers | Joseph |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The brothers bowing to Joseph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:o2:1
# text = The brothers bowing to Joseph
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	bowing	bow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* |  | Joseph |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to joseph=Pivot |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Storing grain in the years of plenty for the famine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:o3:1
# text = Storing grain in the years of plenty for the famine
1	Storing	store	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plenty	plenty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | gerund |  | grain |  |  | year | for the famine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Joseph telling his dreams

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t7:o4:1
# text = Joseph telling his dreams
1	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Joseph | Joseph's dreams |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dream=Recipient |
| 2 | **dream** |  | Joseph |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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