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title: Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua… — Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua 2:4-6 and Hebrews 11:31. Exam question 2 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

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Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua 2:4-6 and Hebrews 11:31.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, accounts · **What happens:** select, record · **To what, where:** statement, Joshua

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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/99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e2:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the accounts recorded in Joshua 2:4-6 and Hebrews 11:31.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	2:4-6	2:4-6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Hebrews	Hebrews	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	11:31	11:31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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** | past | the accounts |  |  | Joshua and Hebrews |  |  | 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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Rahab's falsehood is expressly commanded in Scripture as a universal rule for all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e2:o1:1
# text = Rahab's falsehood is expressly commanded in Scripture as a universal rule for all
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	expressly	expressly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Scripture	Scripture	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	universal	universal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | present · passive |  | Rahab's falsehood |  | Scripture |  | as a universal rule for all; expressly *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: subject=Theme in scripture=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rahab is condemned in Hebrews for her conduct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e2:o2:1
# text = Rahab is condemned in Hebrews for her conduct
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hebrews	Hebrews	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condemn** | present · passive |  | Rahab |  | Hebrews |  | for Rahab's conduct | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for conduct=Attribute |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | Rahab |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rahab surrendered the spies to the king's men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e2:o3:1
# text = Rahab surrendered the spies to the king's men
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surrendered	surrender	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	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | past | Rahab | the spies | the king's men |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent spy=Theme to man=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Rahab concealed the spies and misled the king's men, and her faith is commended

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e2:o4:1
# text = Rahab concealed the spies and misled the king's men, and her faith is commended
1	Rahab	Rahab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	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	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	misled	mislead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	commended	commend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | Rahab | the spies |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Patient |
| 2 | **mislead** | past | Rahab *not said here* | the king's men |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 3 | **commend** | present · passive |  | Rahab's faith |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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