Exam question 4 · What is an ethics olympiad?

Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature which distinguishes the Ethics Bowl.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: feature · What happens: assign, ascertain, distinguish · To what, where: Whereas, feature, Ethics Bowl

This is exam question 4 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	Whereas	wherea	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 assigned	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 sides	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sides	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sides	amod
5	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sides	compound
6	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Whereas	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 assigned	aux:pass
8	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ascertain	punct
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 assigned	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 feature	det
12	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ascertain	obj
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 distinguishes	nsubj
14	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 feature	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Bowl	det
16	Ethics	Ethics	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Bowl	compound
17	Bowl	Bowl	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 distinguishes	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 assigned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	assign	present · passive		Whereas in a formal debate sides	tree rules
2	ascertain	infinitive		the feature	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Topic
3	distinguish	present	the feature	the Ethics Bowl	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute bowl=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

Teams are compelled always to oppose their own true opinion on the case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 compelled	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 oppose	mark
6	oppose	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	advcl
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 opinion	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 opinion	amod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 opinion	amod
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oppose	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 case	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 case	det
13	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 oppose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	compel	present · passive		Teams		always property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	oppose	to-infinitive		Teams's own true opinion	the case		vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient
3	opine		Teams = team				nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Teams are not compelled to oppose one another and may concur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 compelled	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 compelled	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 compelled	advmod
4	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 oppose	mark
6	oppose	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compelled	xcomp
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 oppose	obj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 one	fixed
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 concur	cc
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 concur	aux
11	concur	concur	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compelled	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	not compel	present · passive	Teams	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	oppose	to-infinitive	one	vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
3	concur	may		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The victory is invariably awarded to the loudest speaker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 victory	det
2	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 awarded	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 awarded	advmod
5	awarded	award	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 speaker	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 speaker	det
8	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 speaker	amod
9	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 awarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	award	present · passive		the victory	the loudest speaker			invariably property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to speaker=Goal

Option 4

One team alone is permitted to speak in every round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 team	nummod
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permitted	nsubj:pass
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 team	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permitted	aux:pass
5	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 speak	mark
7	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 permitted	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 round	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 round	det
10	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		One team					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive				every round			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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