Exam question 4 · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

Whereas a person declines to become an organ donor, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person, you, matters · What happens: decline, not become, ascertain, teach · To what, where: organ donor, response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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 declines	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 declines	nsubj
4	declines	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ascertain	advcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 declines	xcomp
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 donor	det
8	organ	organ	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 donor	compound
9	donor	donor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ascertain	punct
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 response	det
13	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ascertain	obj
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 consistent	advmod
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 response	amod
16	with	with	SCONJ	_	19 taught	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 matters	det
18	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 taught	nsubj
19	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 consistent	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	decline	present	a person		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not become	to-infinitive	a person not said here	a organ donor	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
4	teach speech: other	past	the matters		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 decision is forbidden by every faith

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 forbidden	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 faith	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 faith	det
7	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	every faith	the decision					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The decision is a personal one and ought to be respected

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	6 one	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 respected	cc
8	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 respected	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	11 respected	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 respected	aux:pass
11	respected	respect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the decision	a personal one					tree rules
2	respect	ought · passive	the decision not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»

Option 3

The decision constitutes a criminal offence punishable under the law

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	3 constitutes	nsubj
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 offence	det
5	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 offence	amod
6	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constitutes	obj
7	punishable	punishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 constitutes	xcomp
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 law	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	the decision	a criminal offence				punishable property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme offence=Pivot

Option 4

The decision must be overruled by the family

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	5 overruled	nsubj:pass
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 overruled	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 overruled	aux:pass
5	overruled	overrule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overrule	must · passive	the family	the decision					tree rules

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