Exam question 3 · Cheating, rules and games

Given that a school rule is considered unfair to a particular group of pupils, select the response most consistent with sound ethical reasoning.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «Cheating, rules and games» 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	16 select	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 considered	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	compound
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 considered	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 considered	aux:pass
7	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Given	advcl
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 considered	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 group	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 group	det
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 group	amod
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unfair	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 pupils	case
14	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 group	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Given	punct
16	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 response	det
18	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 select	obj
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 consistent	advmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 response	amod
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 reasoning	case
22	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 reasoning	nsubj
23	ethical	ethical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 reasoning	amod
24	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle	you not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	consider	present · passive		a school rule	unfair property	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
3	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 · ✓ the right answer

The rule ought to be challenged by respectful representation to the competent authority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenged	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 challenged	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 challenged	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 challenged	aux:pass
6	challenged	challenge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 representation	case
8	respectful	respectful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 representation	amod
9	representation	representation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenged	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 authority	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 authority	det
12	competent	competent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 authority	amod
13	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 challenged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	challenge	ought · passive	respectful representation	the rule				to the competent authority	tree rules

Option 2

The rule ought to be accepted without question in all circumstances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 accepted	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 accepted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 accepted	aux:pass
6	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 question	case
8	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accepted	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 circumstances	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 circumstances	det
11	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accepted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	ought · passive		the rule		all circumstances		without question	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The rule ought to be made the subject of personal abuse directed at the staff

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 made	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 subject	det
8	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 abuse	case
10	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 abuse	amod
11	abuse	abuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 subject	nmod
12	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 abuse	acl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 staff	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 staff	det
15	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 directed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	ought · passive		the rule					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary subject=Product
2	direct	participle		personal abuse not said here					vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The rule ought to be disregarded covertly by all pupils affected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disregarded	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 disregarded	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 disregarded	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 disregarded	aux:pass
6	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	covertly	covertly	ADV	_	6 disregarded	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 pupils	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 pupils	det
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 disregarded	obl
11	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 pupils	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	ought · passive	all pupils	the rule				covertly property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	affect	participle		all pupils not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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