Exam question 3 · Dilemmas about truth and friendship

Given that a friend has confided a secret which conceals a danger to that friend, select the response most consistent with sound ethical reasoning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, secret, you · What happens: give, confide, conceal, select · To what, where: secret, danger, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Dilemmas about truth and friendship» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 confided	mark
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 confided	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confided	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 confided	aux
6	confided	confide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 select	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 secret	det
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confided	obj
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 conceals	nsubj
10	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 secret	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 danger	det
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 friend	case
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 friend	det
15	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conceals	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 confided	punct
17	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 select	obj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 consistent	advmod
21	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 response	amod
22	with	with	ADP	_	25 reasoning	case
23	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 reasoning	nsubj
24	ethical	ethical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 reasoning	amod
25	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 consistent	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	confide speech: other	present · perfect	a friend	a secret		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent secret=Topic
3	conceal	present	a secret	a danger	to that friend	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent danger=Patient
4	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=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 · ✓ the right answer

Disclosure to a trusted adult, the friend's safety outweighing the confidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 adult	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
4	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 adult	amod
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safety	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safety	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 friend	case
10	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Disclosure	conj
11	outweighing	outweigh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 safety	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 confidence	det
13	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 outweighing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	outweigh	gerund	the friend's safety not said here	the confidence					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot confidence=Theme

Option 2

Preservation of the confidence in all circumstances, a promise being absolute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 absolute	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 confidence	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 confidence	det
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Preservation	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 circumstances	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 circumstances	det
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confidence	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 promise	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 promise	det
10	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 absolute	nsubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 absolute	cop
12	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	Preservation of the confidence in all circumstances					absolute property	tree rules
2	preserve			the confidence in all circumstances					nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Abstention from any action, the matter lying beyond the agent's concern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 action	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 action	det
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstention	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abstention	appos
8	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 matter	acl
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	13 concern	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 agent	det
11	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 concern	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 agent	case
13	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund	the matter not said here			the agent's concern			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond concern=Location
2	concern		the agent						nom concern «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Publication of the matter to the entire class without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 matter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 matter	det
4	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Publication	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 class	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
7	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 class	amod
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nmod
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 delay	case
10	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 class	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish			the matter to the entire class without delay					nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient

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