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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon from which God first addressed Moses? Exam question 2 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 and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Moses and the Exodus

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon from which God first addressed Moses?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** God · **What happens:** follow, characteris, address · **To what, where:** phenomenon, Moses

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the phenomenon from which God first addressed Moses?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
15	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the phenomenon |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **address** | past | God |  | Moses | the phenomenon |  | first *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moses=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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A star that descended upon the summit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e2:o1:1
# text = A star that descended upon the summit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	descended	descend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	summit	summit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | past | a star |  |  |  |  | upon the summit | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A pillar of stone that emitted speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e2:o2:1
# text = A pillar of stone that emitted speech
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	emitted	emit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emit** | past | a pillar of stone | speech |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source speech=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A bush that was aflame yet remained unconsumed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e2:o3:1
# text = A bush that was aflame yet remained unconsumed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	aflame	aflame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
8	unconsumed	unconsum	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a bush |  |  |  |  | aflame *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | participle | a bush *not said here* |  |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **unconsum** | participle | a bush *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A river transformed into a sea of fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:e2:o4:1
# text = A river transformed into a sea of fire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | participle |  | a river *not said here* |  |  |  | into a sea of fire *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into sea=Result |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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