Exam question 2 · Sharing and fairness
Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, conceive, distribute · To what, where: three principal conceptions, fairness, goods
This is exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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 | 5 conceptions | det |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 conceptions | nummod |
| 4 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 conceptions | amod |
| 5 | conceptions | conception | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 fairness | case |
| 7 | fairness | fairness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conceptions | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 distribution | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 distribution | det |
| 10 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fairness | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 goods | case |
| 12 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 10 distribution | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent conception=Theme | ||||
| 2 | conceive | fairness in the distribution of goods | nom conception «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | distribute | goods | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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
Distribution in equal shares, distribution according to need, and distribution according to effort
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 shares | case |
| 3 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 shares | amod |
| 4 | shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Distribution | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 distribution | punct |
| 6 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shares | conj |
| 7 | according | accord | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 distribution | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 need | mark |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 according | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 distribution | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 distribution | cc |
| 12 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distribution | conj |
| 13 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 effort | case |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 according | fixed |
| 15 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 distribution | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | distribution not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | need | to-infinitive | distribution not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Distribution to friends, distribution to relatives, and distribution to none
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 friends | case |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Distribution | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 distribution | punct |
| 5 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 friends | conj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 relatives | case |
| 7 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 distribution | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 distribution | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 distribution | cc |
| 10 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distribution | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 none | case |
| 12 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 10 distribution | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Distribution according to age, distribution according to height, and distribution by chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 age | case |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 according | fixed |
| 4 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distribution | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 distribution | punct |
| 6 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distribution | conj |
| 7 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 height | case |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 according | fixed |
| 9 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 distribution | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 distribution | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 distribution | cc |
| 12 | distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Distribution | conj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 chance | case |
| 14 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 distribution | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | distribute | chance | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: by=agent |
Option 4
Distribution to the strongest, the loudest, and the earliest to arrive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Distribution | distribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strongest | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 strongest | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 strongest | det |
| 4 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 loudest | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 loudest | det |
| 7 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 strongest | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 earliest | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 earliest | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 earliest | det |
| 11 | earliest | early | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 strongest | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 arrive | mark |
| 13 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 earliest | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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