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title: Identify the individuals who, pursuant to the account in Exodus, dec… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the individuals who, pursuant to the account in Exodus, declined to execute the royal decree concerning the Hebrew male infants. Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Moses and the Exodus

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Identify the individuals who, pursuant to the account in Exodus, declined to execute the royal decree concerning the Hebrew male infants.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, royal decree · **What happens:** identify, decline, not execute, concern · **To what, where:** individuals, royal decree, Hebrew male infants

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/6-moses-and-the-exodus/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e1:1
# text = Identify the individuals who, pursuant to the account in Exodus, declined to execute the royal decree concerning the Hebrew male infants.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	execute	execute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	infants	infant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the individuals |  |  |  | to the account in Exodus | tree rules |
| 2 | **decline** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **execute** | to-infinitive |  | the royal decree |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Patient |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the royal decree *not said here* | the Hebrew male infants |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus infant=Experiencer |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The elders of the Israelite tribes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e1:o1:1
# text = The elders of the Israelite tribes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Israelite	israelite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The magicians of Pharaoh's court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e1:o2:1
# text = The magicians of Pharaoh's court
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magicians	magician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The midwives Shiphrah and Puah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e1:o3:1
# text = The midwives Shiphrah and Puah
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	midwives	midwife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	Shiphrah	Shiphrah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Puah	Puah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The guards of the royal palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e1:o4:1
# text = The guards of the royal palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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