Exam question 3 · Lifeboat choices

Pursuant to Christian teaching, select the response that most accurately states the place of self-sacrifice in the moral life.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, state · To what, where: response, place

This is exam question 3 of lesson 48 «Lifeboat choices» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	6 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 teaching	case
3	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 teaching	amod
4	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 select	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 teaching	punct
6	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 response	det
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 select	obj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 states	mark
10	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 states	amod
11	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	12 states	advmod
12	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 select	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 place	det
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 states	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 sacrifice	case
16	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sacrifice	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 self	punct
18	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	22 life	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 life	det
21	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 life	amod
22	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sacrifice	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response				to Christian teaching; pursuant property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent response=Theme to teaching=be'
2	state speech: other	present	you not said here	the place of self sacrifice in the moral life				accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent place=Topic

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

It is a strict duty incumbent upon every person in every circumstance whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 incumbent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 incumbent	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 incumbent	det
4	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 incumbent	amod
5	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incumbent	compound
6	incumbent	incumbent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incumbent	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 circumstance	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 circumstance	det
12	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 person	nmod
13	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 incumbent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a strict duty incumbent				upon every person in every circumstance; whatsoever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is admired as exceeding duty, the death of Jesus being its supreme example

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 admired	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 admired	aux:pass
3	admired	admire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 exceeding	mark
5	exceeding	exceed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 admired	advcl
6	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exceeding	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 death	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admired	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	15 example	case
11	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 example	nsubj
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 example	cop
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 example	nmod:poss
14	supreme	supreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 example	amod
15	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	admire	present · passive		It	the death obl	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	exceed	gerund		duty		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot duty=Theme
3	is	gerund	Jesus		of death's supreme example	tree rules

Option 3

It is prohibited, being contrary to the care of oneself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 contrary	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 contrary	cop
6	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prohibited	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 care	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 care	det
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contrary	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 oneself	case
11	oneself	oneself	PRON	PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 care	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	gerund			to the care of oneself; contrary property	tree rules
3	care		oneself			nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

It is held to be of no moral significance whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 held	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux:pass
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	9 significance	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 significance	cop
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 significance	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 significance	det
8	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 significance	amod
9	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	xcomp
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	9 significance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present · passive		It					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						of no moral significance; whatsoever property	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/48-lifeboat-choices/e3/