Exam question 2 · Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness

Identify the principal distinction between equality and equity.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal distinction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 34 «Virtues: honesty, fairness and kindness» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 distinction	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 distinction	amod
4	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 equality	case
6	equality	equality	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distinction	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 equity	cc
8	equity	equity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 equality	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal distinction				between equality and equity	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

The former applies to adults; the latter solely to minors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applies	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 latter	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 applies	conj
9	solely	solely	ADV	_	11 minors	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 minors	case
11	minors	minor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 applies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	the former					to adults; to minors	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The former is just; the latter invariably unjust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 latter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 latter	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	7 latter	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 latter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 latter	det
7	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	9 unjust	advmod
9	unjust	unjust	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 latter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the former					latter property	tree rules
2	be		the former not said here					invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

The two terms are wholly synonymous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 terms	nummod
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 synonymous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 synonymous	cop
5	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 synonymous	advmod
6	synonymous	synonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the two terms					synonymous, wholly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The former confers identical provision; the latter, provision according to need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 former	det
2	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 confers	nsubj
3	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provision	amod
5	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 latter	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 latter	det
8	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 confers	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 provision	punct
10	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 latter	conj
11	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 confers	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 need	mark
13	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 according	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confer	present	the former	identical provision	tree rules
2	accord	gerund	the former not said here		tree rules
3	need	to-infinitive	the former not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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