Exam question 2 · Mock ethics olympiad

Identify the response most appropriate where a judge advances a consideration which the team has not previously examined.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, judge, team, consideration · What happens: identify, advance, have, not examine · To what, where: response, consideration

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	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 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 advances	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 judge	det
8	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 advances	nsubj
9	advances	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 appropriate	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 consideration	det
11	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 advances	obj
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 has	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 team	det
14	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	nsubj
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consideration	acl:relcl
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 examined	advmod
17	previously	previously	ADV	_	18 examined	advmod
18	examined	examine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 has	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	advance	present	a judge	a consideration		vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer consideration=Patient
3	have	present	the team	a consideration		tree rules
4	not examine	participle	a consideration not said here		previously property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 redirection of the discussion towards some more familiar and comfortable subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 redirection	det
2	redirection	redirection	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 subject	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 discussion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 discussion	det
5	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 redirection	nmod
6	towards	towards	SCONJ	_	9 familiar	mark
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 familiar	nsubj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 familiar	advmod
9	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 subject	amod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 comfortable	cc
11	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 familiar	conj
12	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An honest acknowledgement of the omission, followed by reasoned reflection upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 acknowledgement	det
2	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 acknowledgement	amod
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 omission	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 omission	det
6	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acknowledgement	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 followed	punct
8	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 acknowledgement	acl:relcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 reflection	case
10	reasoned	reasoned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 reflection	amod
11	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 followed	obl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 reflection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	participle		a honest acknowledgement of the omission not said here				by reasoned reflection upon reflection	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by reflection=Location

Option 3

A refusal to address the consideration so advanced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 address	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 address	mark
4	address	address	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 consideration	det
6	consideration	consideration	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 address	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 advanced	advmod
8	advanced	advanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 address	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	address	to-infinitive	a refusal	the consideration				advanced property	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consideration=Destination

Option 4

The fabrication of an answer intended to conceal the omission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fabrication	det
2	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 intended	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 answer	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fabrication	nmod
6	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 conceal	mark
8	conceal	conceal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 intended	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 omission	det
10	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conceal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	intend	participle · passive	the fabrication of a answer	tree rules
2	conceal not said to happen	to-infinitive	the omission	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent omission=Patient
3	fabricate		a answer	nom fabrication «communication transitive»: of=patient

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