Exam question 3 · Mock ethics olympiad

Whereas a team draws upon the parable of the Good Samaritan, select the manner of its use most consistent with good practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: team, you, manner · What happens: draw, select, use · To what, where: manner, consistent

This is exam question 3 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 draws	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 team	det
3	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 draws	nsubj
4	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 select	advcl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 parable	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parable	det
7	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 draws	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Samaritan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Samaritan	det
10	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Samaritan	amod
11	Samaritan	Samaritan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 parable	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 draws	punct
13	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 manner	det
15	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 use	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 use	nmod:poss
18	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 manner	acl:relcl
19	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	20 consistent	advmod
20	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 use	obj
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 practice	case
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 practice	amod
23	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 consistent	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	draw	present	a team		upon the parable of the Good Samaritan	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	select	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	use	present	the manner not said here	consistent		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its significance is to be explained in terms intelligible to persons of any faith or none

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 significance	nmod:poss
2	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explained	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 explained	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 explained	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 explained	aux:pass
6	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 terms	case
8	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 explained	obl
9	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 persons	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 intelligible	fixed
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 terms	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 faith	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 faith	det
14	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 persons	nmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 none	cc
16	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	14 faith	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present · passive		Its significance		terms intelligible persons of any faith			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It is to be employed so as to disparage persons of other beliefs

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	5 employed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 employed	aux
3	to	to	PART	_	5 employed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 employed	aux:pass
5	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 disparage	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 disparage	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 disparage	mark
9	disparage	disparage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 employed	advcl
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disparage	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 beliefs	case
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beliefs	amod
13	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	present · passive		It					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	disparage	to-infinitive		persons of other beliefs					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme

Option 3

It is to be cited without any account of its meaning

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	5 cited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cited	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cited	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cited	aux:pass
5	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 account	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 account	det
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cited	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 meaning	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 meaning	nmod:poss
11	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cite	present · passive		It	without any account of account's meaning	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	account			account's meaning		nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	mean		account			nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is to be cited as binding upon all, irrespective of belief

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	5 cited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cited	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 cited	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cited	aux:pass
5	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 binding	case
7	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cited	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 cited	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 belief	punct
11	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	13 belief	advmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 belief	case
13	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cite	present · passive		It				as binding; upon all; of belief	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as binding=Attribute

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