Exam question 1 · Mock ethics olympiad

Which of the following most accurately characterises the criterion upon which teams in an ethics olympiad are assessed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, assess · To what, where: criterion, teams

This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Mock ethics olympiad» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 criterion	det
9	criterion	criterion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 assessed	obl
12	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 assessed	nsubj:pass
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 olympiad	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 olympiad	det
15	ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 olympiad	compound
16	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teams	nmod
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 assessed	aux:pass
18	assessed	assess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 criterion	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the criterion	accurately property	tree rules
3	assess	present · passive	teams in a ethics olympiad	upon the criterion	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 number of times the opposing team is shown to be mistaken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shown	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 times	case
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
6	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 team	amod
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 times	nmod:unmarked
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shown	aux:pass
9	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	12 mistaken	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 mistaken	aux:pass
12	mistaken	mistake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 shown	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	oppose	gerund		vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	show	present · passive	the number of times the opposing team	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	mistake	to-infinitive · passive		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The degree to which the team's view accords with that of the judges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 degree	det
2	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accords	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accords	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 team	det
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 view	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 team	case
8	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accords	compound
9	accords	accord	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 accords	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 judges	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 judges	det
14	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	view		the team						nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The volume at which the members of the team express their views

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 volume	det
2	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 express	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 members	det
6	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 express	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 team	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 team	det
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 members	nmod
10	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 volume	acl:relcl
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 views	nmod:poss
12	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 express	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	infinitive	the members of the team	members's views		the volume			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Theme
2	view		members = member						nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The quality of the reasoning exhibited, together with the conduct of the discussion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quality	det
2	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exhibited	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reasoning	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reasoning	det
5	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quality	nmod
6	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 together	punct
8	together	together	ADV	_	6 exhibited	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 conduct	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 conduct	det
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 exhibited	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 discussion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 discussion	det
14	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	past	the quality of the reasoning					with the conduct of the discussion; together property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	conduct			the discussion					nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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