Exam question 2 · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

Identify the principal deficiency which may attend reasoning by "the greatest good of the greatest number".

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character» 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 deficiency	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deficiency	amod
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 attend	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 attend	aux
7	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deficiency	acl:relcl
8	reasoning	reason	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 attend	xcomp
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 good	mark
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 good	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 good	det
12	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 good	amod
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reasoning	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 number	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 number	det
16	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 number	amod
17	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 good	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 number	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal deficiency	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme
2	attend	may	the principal deficiency		tree rules
3	reason	gerund	the principal deficiency not said here		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 requires that no person be considered

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	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 considered	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 considered	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 considered	aux:pass
7	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 requires	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	consider	infinitive · passive		no person					vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute

Option 2

It forbids the weighing of consequences

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	2 forbids	nsubj
2	forbids	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weighing	det
4	weighing	weighing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forbids	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 consequences	case
6	consequences	consequence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 weighing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present	It	the weighing of consequences					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer weighing=Theme
2	weigh			consequences					nom weighing «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It invariably neglects the majority

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	3 neglects	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 neglects	advmod
3	neglects	neglect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 majority	det
5	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 neglects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect	present	It	the majority				invariably property	vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent majority=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It may neglect the interests of the few

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	3 neglect	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 neglect	aux
3	neglect	neglect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interests	det
5	interests	interest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 neglect	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 few	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 few	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 interests	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	neglect	may	It	the interests of the few					vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Theme

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