Exam question 3 · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

It being given that a decision has been reached by majority vote, select the response most consistent with sound democratic principle.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: majority vote · What happens: give, reach, select · To what, where: It, decision, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 reached	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 decision	det
6	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reached	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reached	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 reached	aux:pass
9	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 select	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 vote	case
11	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vote	compound
12	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reached	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reached	punct
14	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 given	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 response	det
16	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	18 consistent	advmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 response	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	22 principle	case
20	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 principle	compound
21	democratic	democratic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 principle	amod
22	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	reach	present · perfect · passive	majority vote	a decision	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	select	infinitive		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 minority forfeits all entitlements upon the declaration of the result

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minority	det
2	minority	minority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeits	nsubj
3	forfeits	forfeit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 entitlements	det
5	entitlements	entitlement	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forfeits	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 declaration	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 declaration	det
8	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forfeits	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 result	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 result	det
11	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 declaration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forfeit	present	the minority	all entitlements				upon the declaration of the result	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent entitlement=Theme
2	declare			the result					nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The rights of the minority remain to be protected, the majority not being infallible

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rights	det
2	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 protected	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 minority	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minority	det
5	minority	minority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rights	nmod
6	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 protected	aux
7	to	to	PART	_	9 protected	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 protected	aux:pass
9	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 majority	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 majority	det
12	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 protected	obl:agent
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 infallible	advmod
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 infallible	cop
15	infallible	infallible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 majority	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive · passive	the majority	the rights of the minority					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	not is	gerund						infallible property	tree rules

Option 3

The majority is thereby shown to be correct in every particular

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shown	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shown	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 shown	advmod
5	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 correct	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 correct	cop
8	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shown	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 particular	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 particular	det
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · passive		the majority				in every particular; thereby property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in particular=Topic
2	is	to-infinitive						correct property	tree rules

Option 4

The decision is invalid unless every participant has concurred

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	4 invalid	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 invalid	aux:pass
4	invalid	invali	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 concurred	mark
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 participant	det
7	participant	participant	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concurred	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 concurred	aux
9	concurred	concur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 invalid	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invali	present · passive		the decision					tree rules
2	concur a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect · passive		every participant					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.

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