Exam question 3 · Three ways of thinking: rules, consequences, character

Select the response consistent with the established principles of virtue ethics.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 3 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 principles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principles	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 principles	amod
8	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 ethics	case
10	virtue	virtue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ethics	compound
11	ethics	ethic	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 principles	nmod
12	.	.	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				consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	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

Character is fixed at birth and admits of no change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	aux:pass
3	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 birth	case
5	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fixed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 admits	cc
7	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fixed	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 change	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 change	det
10	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present · passive		Character		birth			vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at birth=Value
2	admit speech: other	present						of no change	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Character is irrelevant to the assessment of conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 irrelevant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 irrelevant	cop
3	irrelevant	irrelevant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 assessment	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assessment	det
6	assessment	assessment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 irrelevant	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 conduct	case
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assessment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Character					to the assessment of conduct; irrelevant property	tree rules
2	assess			conduct					nom assessment «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Character is formed by the habitual repetition of actions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 formed	aux:pass
3	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 repetition	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 repetition	det
6	habitual	habitual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 repetition	amod
7	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 formed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 actions	case
9	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 repetition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present · passive	the habitual repetition of actions	Character					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme
2	repeat		actions						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Character is acquired solely through the reading of rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquired	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 acquired	aux:pass
3	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 acquired	advmod
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 reading	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reading	det
7	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquired	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rules	case
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reading	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present · passive		Character		the reading of rules		solely property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme
2	read			rules					nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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