Exam question 3 · What is an ethics olympiad?

Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response, dilemma

This is exam question 3 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	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	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dilemma	det
9	dilemma	dilemma	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	characteris	present	most	a dilemma					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

A contest in which teams endeavour to deceive one another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 contest	det
2	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 endeavour	obl
5	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 endeavour	compound
6	endeavour	endeavour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 contest	appos
7	to	to	PART	_	8 deceive	mark
8	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 endeavour	acl
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 deceive	obj
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 one	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deceive	to-infinitive		one					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A situation in which every available choice carries some cost or wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 situation	det
2	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 carries	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 choice	det
6	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 choice	amod
7	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	nsubj
8	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 situation	acl:relcl
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 cost	det
10	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carries	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wrong	cc
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	every available choice	some cost		a situation			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cost=Value in which=Location

Option 3

A question admitting of one obvious answer known to all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 question	det
2	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	admitting	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 question	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 answer	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 answer	nummod
6	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 answer	amod
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitting	obl
8	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 answer	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 known	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund	a question not said here					of one obvious answer	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	know	participle		one obvious answer not said here				to all	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

A narrative in which the hero invariably acts rightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 narrative	det
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 acts	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 hero	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hero	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hero	det
6	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 narrative	nmod
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	8 acts	advmod
8	acts	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	rightly	rightly	ADV	_	8 acts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	present	a narrative in the hero					invariably, rightly property	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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