--- title: Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because J… — Joseph and his brothers · tree and pragmatics description: Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." What is wrong with this? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Joseph and his brothers Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." What is wrong with this? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mila, brothers, Joseph · **What happens:** say, do, save, be · **To what, where:** good thing, end, Egypt · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:1 # text = Mila says, "Joseph's brothers did a good thing in the end, because Joseph saved Egypt." 1 Mila Mila PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mila | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Joseph's brothers | a good thing | | | in the end | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **save** *in a quote* | past | Joseph | Egypt | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme | 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 is wrong with this? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:2 # text = What is wrong with this? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with this; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, the brothers did a good thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:o1:1 # text = Nothing, the brothers did a good thing 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Nothing | a good thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Joseph never saved Egypt in the story ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:o2:1 # text = Joseph never saved Egypt in the story 1 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **save** | past | Joseph | Egypt | | the story | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The brothers had planned all along for Joseph to go and save Egypt ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:o3:1 # text = The brothers had planned all along for Joseph to go and save Egypt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 along along ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past · perfect · passive | | the brothers | | | | for Joseph; along *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **save** | infinitive | | Egypt | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egypt=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} What they did was still wrong; God brought good out of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:5-joseph-and-his-brothers:t9:o4:1 # text = What they did was still wrong; God brought good out of it 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | they | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | still | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past | God | | | it | | good *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent out it=Initial\_Location | **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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