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description: «bro the bush was on fire and burnt to ash, then god spoke from the ash» — fix it Test 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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«bro the bush was on fire and burnt to ash, then god spoke from the ash» — fix it

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bush, ash · **What happens:** be, burnt, god, speak, fix · **To what, where:** fire, ash, bush · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t2:1
# text = «bro the bush was on fire and burnt to ash, then god spoke from the ash» — fix it
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	god	god	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	dep	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
20	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
21	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the bush |  |  | fire |  | bro *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **burnt** *in a quote* | participle | the bush *not said here* | ash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **god** *in a quote* | infinitive | ash *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | the ash |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **fix** | infinitive | the bush *not said here* | bush |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The bush was struck by lightning and God shouted from the sky above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t2:o1:1
# text = The bush was struck by lightning and God shouted from the sky above
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	above	above	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past · passive | lightning | the bush |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | God |  |  | the sky |  | above *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bush was a tree in Pharaoh's garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t2:o2:1
# text = The bush was a tree in Pharaoh's garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the bush | a tree |  | Pharaoh's garden |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The bush burned but was never burnt up, and God spoke from it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t2:o3:1
# text = The bush burned but was never burnt up, and God spoke from it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | the bush |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **burnt up** | past · passive | the bush *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | God |  |  | bush |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ash formed letters with God's name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t2:o4:1
# text = The ash formed letters with God's name
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | past | the ash | letters |  |  |  | with God's name | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location letter=Theme |
| 2 | **name** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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