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title: Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go aft… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one». What is right? Test 5 · ★ 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 ri
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# Test 5 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one». What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sam, plagues, bad weather · **What happens:** say, be, let, go · **To what, where:** bad weather, plagues · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:1
# text = Sam says «the plagues were just bad weather, pharaoh let them go after the first one».
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plagues	plague	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pharaoh	pharaoh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the plagues | bad weather and pharaoh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | bad weather and pharaoh | plagues *= plague* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | plagues *= plague* *not said here* |  |  |  | after the first one |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pharaoh let them go straight after the third plague, the gnats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:o1:1
# text = Pharaoh let them go straight after the third plague, the gnats
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gnats	gnat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | Pharaoh | them *= they* |  |  |  | the gnats *obl* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  | after the third plague |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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There were only two plagues and then peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:o2:1
# text = There were only two plagues and then peace
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	plagues	plague	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | two plagues and peace |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Pharaoh refused again and again, and there were ten plagues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:o3:1
# text = Pharaoh refused again and again, and there were ten plagues
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
9	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	plagues	plague	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | Pharaoh |  |  |  | again |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | past | ten plagues |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Pharaoh never let them go at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t5:o4:1
# text = Pharaoh never let them go at all
1	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | infinitive | Pharaoh | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

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