Exam question 4 · Animals

Whereas a proposed recreational facility would occasion the destruction of a pond inhabited by frogs, determine the response that best exemplifies sound ethical reasoning.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: proposed recreational facility, you, response · What happens: propose, occasion, inhabit, determine, exemplify, sound · To what, where: destruction, pond, ethical reasoning

This is exam question 4 of lesson 46 «Animals» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	7 occasion	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 facility	det
3	proposed	propose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 facility	amod
4	recreational	recreational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 facility	amod
5	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 occasion	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 occasion	aux
7	occasion	occasion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 determine	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 destruction	det
9	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 occasion	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pond	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pond	det
12	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 destruction	nmod
13	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 pond	acl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 frogs	case
15	frogs	frog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 inhabited	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct
17	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 response	det
19	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sound	nsubj
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 exemplifies	nsubj
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 exemplifies	amod
22	exemplifies	exemplify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 response	acl:relcl
23	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 determine	ccomp
24	ethical	ethical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 reasoning	amod
25	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sound	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	propose	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	occasion	would	a proposed recreational facility	the destruction of a pond		tree rules
3	inhabit	participle		a pond not said here	by frogs	tree rules
4	determine	imperative	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	exemplify	present	the response			tree rules
6	sound	present	the response	ethical reasoning		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location reasoning=Theme
7	destroy			a pond		nom destruction «act 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

The facility is to be constructed without delay, animals being of no account whatsoever in the matter

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 facility	det
2	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constructed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 constructed	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 constructed	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 constructed	aux:pass
6	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 delay	case
8	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constructed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 animals	punct
10	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 account	nsubj
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 account	cop
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 account	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 account	det
14	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constructed	parataxis
15	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 constructed	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 matter	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 matter	det
18	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 constructed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present · passive		the facility		the matter		without delay; whatsoever property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	is	gerund	animals					of no account	tree rules

Option 2

The decision is to be made by whichever party raises its voice the loudest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 decision	det
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raises	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 decision	cop
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	2 decision	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 party	case
8	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	9 party	det
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl
10	raises	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 voice	nmod:poss
12	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 raises	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 loudest	det
14	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 raises	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		the decision	tree rules
2	make	to-infinitive · passive	whichever party		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	raise	present	the decision	decision's voice	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

Option 3

All construction whatsoever is to be prohibited in perpetuity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 construction	det
2	construction	construction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 prohibited	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 prohibited	aux:pass
5	to	to	PART	_	7 prohibited	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 prohibited	aux:pass
7	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 construction	acl:relcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 perpetuity	case
9	perpetuity	perpetuity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		whatsoever		perpetuity			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The needs of both children and animals are to be considered and a solution serving both sought

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 needs	det
2	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 considered	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 children	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 animals	cc
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 children	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 considered	aux:pass
9	to	to	PART	_	11 considered	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 considered	aux:pass
11	considered	consider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sought	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 solution	det
14	solution	solution	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sought	nsubj:pass
15	serving	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 solution	acl
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 serving	obj
17	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 considered	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	consider	present · passive		the needs of both children and animals	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute
2	serve	gerund	a solution not said here	both	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Attribute
3	seek	participle · passive		a solution	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	need			both children and animals	nom need «state transitive»: of=patient

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