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title: kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol». What… — Moses and the Exodus · tree and pragmatics
description: kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol». What does the wilderness story show? Test 9 · ★ 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 wro
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# Test 9 · ★ · Moses and the Exodus

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kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol». What does the wilderness story show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, god · **What happens:** not moan, save, do · **To what, where:** me, slaves

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:1
# text = kid in class: «I'd never moan if god saved me from slaves lol».
1	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	moan	moan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **moan** *in a quote* | would | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | god | me |  | slaves |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme from slave=Source |

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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 does the wilderness story show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:2
# text = What does the wilderness story show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The people never complained once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:o1:1
# text = The people never complained once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	complained	complain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **complain** *speech: other* | past | the people |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They were thankful from the very first day right to the very last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:o2:1
# text = They were thankful from the very first day right to the very last
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	thankful	thankful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  | day | thankful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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

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Even rescued people grumble, so gratitude takes practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:o3:1
# text = Even rescued people grumble, so gratitude takes practice
1	Even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grumble	grumble	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **take** | present | gratitude | practice |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent practice=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only Moses complained in the desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:6-moses-and-the-exodus:t9:o4:1
# text = Only Moses complained in the desert
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	complained	complain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complain** *speech: other* | past | Moses |  |  | the desert |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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