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description: teacher told us to tell on a kid who did nothing wrong or we all get detention. the midwives would say what?? Test 4 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 4 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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teacher told us to tell on a kid who did nothing wrong or we all get detention. the midwives would say what??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, kid, we, midwives · **What happens:** tell, do, get, say · **To what, where:** us, nothing, detention · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t4:1
# text = teacher told us to tell on a kid who did nothing wrong or we all get detention. the midwives would say what??
1	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	midwives	midwife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
21	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | teacher |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | teacher *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on a kid | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | past | a kid | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
| 4 | **get** | present | we | detention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer detention=Stimulus |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the midwives |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That an unfair order can be refused, even when it costs you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t4:o1:1
# text = That an unfair order can be refused, even when it costs you
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | can · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cost** | present | order | you |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme you=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the whole class deserves the detention anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t4:o2:1
# text = That the whole class deserves the detention anyway
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deserves	deserve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	detention	detention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | present | That | the detention |  |  |  | anyway *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That you should lie and say you saw nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t4:o3:1
# text = That you should lie and say you saw nothing
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | should | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **see** | past | you | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That you always obey the teacher whatever happens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t4:o4:1
# text = That you always obey the teacher whatever happens
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	obey	obey	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obey** | present | That | the teacher |  |  |  | always *property* | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme |
| 2 | **happen** | present | whatever |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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