Exam question 3 · Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties

Select the response that is consistent with the established approach to an unjust rule.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 35 «Virtues: courage, responsibility, rights and duties» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 approach	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 approach	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 approach	amod
10	approach	approach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 rule	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rule	det
13	unjust	unjust	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rule	amod
14	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 approach	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established approach to a unjust rule; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

It ought to be obeyed in perpetuity without objection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 obeyed	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 obeyed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 obeyed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 obeyed	aux:pass
5	obeyed	obey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 perpetuity	case
7	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obeyed	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 objection	case
9	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obeyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	ought · passive		It		perpetuity		without objection	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It ought to be disregarded at the discretion of each person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 disregarded	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 disregarded	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 disregarded	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 disregarded	aux:pass
5	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 discretion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 discretion	det
8	discretion	discretion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disregarded	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 person	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discretion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	ought · passive		It		the discretion of each person			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It ought to be resisted by means of force

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 resisted	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 resisted	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 resisted	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 resisted	aux:pass
5	resisted	resist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 means	nsubj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 means	case
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 force	case
9	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resist	ought · passive		It					tree rules
2	mean	present						of force	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It ought to be amended by fair and peaceable means

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 amended	nsubj:pass
2	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 amended	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 amended	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 amended	aux:pass
5	amended	amend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 means	mark
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 means	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 peaceable	cc
9	peaceable	peaceable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fair	conj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amended	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	amend	ought · passive		It					tree rules
2	mean	present	fair						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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