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title: my friend says the ten commandments were given to noah after the flo… — The Ten Commandments · tree and pragmatics
description: my friend says the ten commandments were given to noah after the flood. is that right? Test 1 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · The Ten Commandments

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my friend says the ten commandments were given to noah after the flood. is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, that · **What happens:** say, give, be · **To what, where:** ten commandments, noah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 7 «The Ten Commandments» 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/7-the-ten-commandments/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t1:1
# text = my friend says the ten commandments were given to noah after the flood. is that right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	noah	noah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my friend |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | past · passive |  | the ten commandments | noah |  | after the flood |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to noah=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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 {#o1}

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No, they were given to Abraham in a dream under the stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t1:o1:1
# text = No, they were given to Abraham in a dream under the stars
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | they | Abraham | a dream |  | under the stars | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to abraham=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, they were given to Moses on Mount Sinai

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t1:o2:1
# text = No, they were given to Moses on Mount Sinai
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	Sinai	Sinai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | they | Moses | Mount |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to moses=Recipient on mount=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but Moses copied them later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, but Moses copied them later
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | Moses | them *= they* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Noah got them with the rainbow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:7-the-ten-commandments:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, Noah got them with the rainbow
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Noah | them *= they* |  |  |  | with the rainbow | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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