Exam question 3 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude

Select the response consistent with the established principles of Buddhism and Jainism in respect of living creatures.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, respect · To what, where: response, respect, living creatures

This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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	Select	select	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 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 principles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principles	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 principles	amod
8	principles	principle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Buddhism	case
10	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 principles	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Jainism	cc
12	Jainism	Jainism	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Buddhism	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 respect	case
14	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 creatures	case
16	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 creatures	amod
17	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 respect	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	respect of living creatures	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	respect			living creatures		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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 destruction of creatures deemed to be pests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 destruction	det
2	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 creatures	case
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 destruction	nmod
5	deemed	deem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 creatures	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 pests	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 pests	cop
8	pests	pest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 deemed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	deem	participle	creatures not said here	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive	pests	tree rules
3	destroy		creatures	nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The keeping of creatures for entertainment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 keeping	det
2	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 creatures	case
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keeping	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 entertainment	case
6	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creatures	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund						of creatures for entertainment	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Indifference to the suffering of small creatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Indifference	Indifference	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 suffering	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 suffering	det
4	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Indifference	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 creatures	case
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 creatures	amod
7	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 suffering	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer		small creatures						nom suffering «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The avoidance of harm to any living being

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 avoidance	det
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 harm	case
4	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 living	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 living	det
7	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 avoidance	nmod
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 avoidance	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			harm				to any living	nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

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