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title: Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9. — Vows, oaths and promises in faith · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9. Exam question 3 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» 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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# Exam question 3 · Vows, oaths and promises in faith

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Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** statement, account

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 88 «Vows, oaths and promises in faith» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the account recorded in Joshua 9.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **record** | participle |  | the account *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 Gibeonites were deceived by the leaders of Israel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:e3:o1:1
# text = The Gibeonites were deceived by the leaders of Israel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gibeonites	Gibeonite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deceive** | past · passive | the leaders of Israel | the Gibeonites |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The leaders of Israel, having been deceived into a treaty, nevertheless honoured it by reason of their oath

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:e3:o2:1
# text = The leaders of Israel, having been deceived into a treaty, nevertheless honoured it by reason of their oath
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	honoured	honour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deceive** | gerund · perfect · passive |  | the leaders of Israel *not said here* |  |  |  | into a treaty *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: into treaty=Result |
| 2 | **honour** | past | the leaders of Israel | treaty |  |  |  | by reason of leaders's oath; nevertheless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No oath was sworn in respect of the treaty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:e3:o3:1
# text = No oath was sworn in respect of the treaty
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past · passive |  | no oath |  | respect of the treaty |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the treaty |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The leaders of Israel repudiated the treaty upon discovering the deception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:88-vows-oaths-and-promises-in-faith:e3:o4:1
# text = The leaders of Israel repudiated the treaty upon discovering the deception
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	repudiated	repudiate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repudiate** | past | the leaders of Israel | the treaty |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treaty=Theme |
| 2 | **discover** | gerund | the leaders of Israel *not said here* | the deception |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Topic |

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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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