Exam question 1 · What is an ethics olympiad?

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the criteria upon which adjudicators of an ethics olympiad confer marks?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: criteria

This is exam question 1 of lesson 36 «What is an ethics olympiad?» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 criteria	det
10	criteria	criteria	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 adjudicators	case
12	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	13 adjudicators	det
13	adjudicators	adjudicator	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 criteria	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 olympiad	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 olympiad	det
16	ethics	ethic	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 olympiad	compound
17	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 adjudicators	nmod
18	confer	confer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 marks	amod
19	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the criteria				of the following statements; upon which adjudicators of a ethics olympiad; accurately property	tree rules

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 volume of the speaker's voice and the duration of the presentation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volume	det
2	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 voice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 speaker	det
5	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 voice	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 speaker	case
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 volume	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 duration	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 duration	det
10	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 volume	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 presentation	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 presentation	det
13	presentation	presentation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 duration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The clarity of reasoning, consideration of other views and respectful conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clarity	det
2	clarity	clarity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 reasoning	case
4	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clarity	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 consideration	punct
6	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clarity	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 views	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 views	amod
9	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consideration	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 conduct	cc
11	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 conduct	amod
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clarity	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consider			other views					nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The popularity of the conclusion with members of the audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 popularity	det
2	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conclusion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conclusion	det
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popularity	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 members	case
7	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 conclusion	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 audience	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 audience	det
10	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 members	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The number of the opposing team's arguments which are ridiculed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 arguments	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 team	det
5	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 team	amod
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arguments	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 team	case
8	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 ridiculed	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ridiculed	aux:pass
11	ridiculed	ridicule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 arguments	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	oppose	gerund			vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	ridicule	present · passive		the opposing team's arguments	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	argue		the opposing team		nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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