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title: «ugh mum, why can't I hoard the snacks like a normal person» — which… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: «ugh mum, why can't I hoard the snacks like a normal person» — which part of the Exodus story is about this? Test 8 · ★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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«ugh mum, why can't I hoard the snacks like a normal person» — which part of the Exodus story is about this?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, part · **What happens:** not hoard, be · **To what, where:** snacks

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t8:1
# text = «ugh mum, why can't I hoard the snacks like a normal person» — which part of the Exodus story is about this?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hoard	hoard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
17	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	19	det	_	_
19	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Exodus	Exodus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	about	about	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hoard** *in a quote* | can | I | the snacks |  |  |  | like a normal person; mum *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | which part of the Exodus story |  |  |  |  | about this | tree rules |

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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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The burning bush, which needed no fuel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t8:o1:1
# text = The burning bush, which needed no fuel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | past | the burning bush | no fuel |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fuel=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ten plagues, which struck Egypt one after another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t8:o2:1
# text = The ten plagues, which struck Egypt one after another
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	plagues	plague	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the ten plagues | Egypt |  |  | after another |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent egypt=Instrument |

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

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The manna, which went bad when people took more than they needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t8:o3:1
# text = The manna, which went bad when people took more than they needed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	manna	manna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	obj	_	_
11	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the manna |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | people | more |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
| 3 | **need** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The basket, where Moses was kept safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t8:o4:1
# text = The basket, where Moses was kept safe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · passive |  | Moses |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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