Exam question 2 · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

Ascertain why the procedure "one cuts, the other chooses" is regarded as fair.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, procedure · What happens: ascertain, cut, regard · To what, where: other chooses

This is exam question 2 of lesson 103 «Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 cuts	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 procedure	det
4	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cuts	nsubj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 procedure	punct
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 procedure	appos
7	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 regarded	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chooses	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chooses	amod
11	chooses	chooses	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 regarded	nsubj:pass
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 chooses	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 regarded	aux:pass
14	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 cuts	advcl
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 fair	case
16	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 regarded	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	cut in a quote	present	the procedure			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	regard	present · passive		the other chooses	as fair	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as fair=Value

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

Option 1

The chooser is required to accept the smaller part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chooser	det
2	chooser	chooser	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 accept	mark
6	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 required	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		the chooser					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	accept	to-infinitive		the smaller part					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cutter has every reason to make the two parts equal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cutter	det
2	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reason	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 parts	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 parts	nummod
10	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 make	obj
11	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the cutter	every reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive	the cutter not said here	the two parts				equal property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset part=Product

Option 3

The procedure leaves the outcome entirely to chance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	nsubj
3	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 leaves	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 chance	mark
8	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 leaves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	the procedure	the outcome				entirely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme

Option 4

The elder child is entitled to the larger part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 child	det
2	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entitled	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 entitled	aux:pass
5	entitled	entitle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 part	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entitled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	present · passive		the elder child				to the larger part	tree rules

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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