Exam question 3 · Whistle-blowing: when to tell

Select the response consistent with the teaching recorded in Matthew 18:15.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, record · To what, where: response, teaching

This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Whistle-blowing: when to tell» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 teaching	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teaching	det
7	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 teaching	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Matthew	case
10	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl:agent
11	18:15	18:15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 Matthew	flat
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					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	record	participle		the teaching not said here					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

One who has been wronged ought first to approach the wrongdoer privately with a view to reconciliation

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 approach	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wronged	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wronged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 wronged	aux:pass
5	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 One	parataxis
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 approach	aux
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 approach	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 approach	mark
9	approach	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wrongdoer	det
11	wrongdoer	wrongdoer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approach	obj
12	privately	privately	ADV	_	9 approach	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 view	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 view	det
15	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 approach	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 reconciliation	case
17	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 view	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrong	present · perfect · passive							tree rules
2	approach	ought	One	the wrongdoer				with a view to reconciliation; first, privately property	vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wrongdoer=Theme with view=Instrument

Option 2

One who has been wronged ought to conceal the matter from the wrongdoer indefinitely and from all others besides

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 conceal	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wronged	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wronged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 wronged	aux:pass
5	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 One	parataxis
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 conceal	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	8 conceal	mark
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 wrongdoer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wrongdoer	det
13	wrongdoer	wrongdoer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	obl
14	indefinitely	indefinitely	ADV	_	13 wrongdoer	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 others	cc
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 others	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 others	det
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wrongdoer	conj
19	besides	besides	PUNCT	_	8 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrong	present · perfect · passive							tree rules
2	conceal	ought	One	the matter		the wrongdoer and all others			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent matter=Patient from wrongdoer=Beneficiary

Option 3

One who has been wronged ought first to denounce the wrongdoer publicly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 denounce	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wronged	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wronged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 wronged	aux:pass
5	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 One	parataxis
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 denounce	aux
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 denounce	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 denounce	mark
9	denounce	denounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wrongdoer	det
11	wrongdoer	wrongdoer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 denounce	obj
12	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	9 denounce	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrong	present · perfect · passive							tree rules
2	denounce	ought	One	the wrongdoer				first, publicly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrongdoer=Theme

Option 4

One who has been wronged ought to sever all relations with the wrongdoer forthwith

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 sever	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wronged	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wronged	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 wronged	aux:pass
5	wronged	wrong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 One	parataxis
6	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sever	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sever	mark
8	sever	sever	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 relations	det
10	relations	relation	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sever	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 wrongdoer	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wrongdoer	det
13	wrongdoer	wrongdoer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sever	obl
14	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wrongdoer	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrong	present · perfect · passive							tree rules
2	sever	ought	One	all relations				with the wrongdoer	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relation=Theme

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