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title: A judge follows up: «Can we prove from Egyptian records exactly how… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: A judge follows up: «Can we prove from Egyptian records exactly how the Exodus happened?» Test 11 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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A judge follows up: «Can we prove from Egyptian records exactly how the Exodus happened?»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** judge, we, Exodus · **What happens:** follow up, prove, happen · **To what, where:** Egyptian records · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 6 «Moses and the Exodus» 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/6-moses-and-the-exodus/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t11:1
# text = A judge follows up: «Can we prove from Egyptian records exactly how the Exodus happened?»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow up** | present | a judge |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | can | we |  |  | Egyptian records |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from record=Source |
| 3 | **happen** *in a quote* | past | the Exodus |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Yes, every detail is in the Egyptian records

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t11:o1:1
# text = Yes, every detail is in the Egyptian records
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | every detail |  |  | the Egyptian records |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because Egypt never existed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t11:o2:1
# text = No, because Egypt never existed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past | Egypt |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, Pharaoh himself wrote a full diary of it that we can read today

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, Pharaoh himself wrote a full diary of it that we can read today
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	wrote	write	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	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	diary	diary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
15	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Pharaoh  Pharaoh | a full diary of diary |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | can | we |  |  |  | today |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, historians disagree about this, so it is disputed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t11:o4:1
# text = No, historians disagree about this, so it is disputed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | historians |  |  |  |  | about this | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about this=Topic |
| 2 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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