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title: little bro: «they crossed the red sea on a big bridge moses built» —… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: little bro: «they crossed the red sea on a big bridge moses built» — wrong, so what happened? Test 7 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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little bro: «they crossed the red sea on a big bridge moses built» — wrong, so what happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** build, happen · **To what, where:** little bro

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t7:1
# text = little bro: «they crossed the red sea on a big bridge moses built» — wrong, so what happened?
1	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	moses	mos	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
22	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | little bro |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They swam while Moses held a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t7:o1:1
# text = They swam while Moses held a rope
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hold** | past | Moses | a rope |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They paid sailors to row them over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t7:o2:1
# text = They paid sailors to row them over
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	row	row	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | They | sailors |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sailor=Asset |
| 2 | **row over** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | sailors *= sailor* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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God opened the water and they walked across on dry ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t7:o3:1
# text = God opened the water and they walked across on dry ground
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	across	across	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | God | the water |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | past | they |  |  | dry ground |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They waited on the shore for many days for the sea to freeze over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t7:o4:1
# text = They waited on the shore for many days for the sea to freeze over
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	freeze	freeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | They |  |  | the shore | day | for the sea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location |
| 2 | **freeze over** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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