Exam question 3 · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book

Given that a pupil remains silent whilst the entire class is penalised for that pupil's fault, identify the moral characterisation offered in this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, remain, penalis, identify, offer, fault · To what, where: moral characterisation, lesson

This is exam question 3 of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» 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	Given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 remains	advcl
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 remains	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pupil	det
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 remains	nsubj
5	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 identify	advcl
6	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 remains	xcomp
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	10 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 class	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 class	amod
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 penalised	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 penalised	aux:pass
12	penalised	penalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 remains	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	17 fault	case
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 pupil	det
15	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fault	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 pupil	case
17	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 penalised	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 identify	punct
19	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 characterisation	det
21	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 characterisation	amod
22	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 identify	obj
23	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 characterisation	acl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 lesson	case
25	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 lesson	det
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 offered	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	give	participle	a pupil not said here				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	remain	present	a pupil			silent property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	penalis	present · passive	a pupil not said here			whilst the entire class; for that pupil's fault	tree rules
4	identify	imperative	you not said here	the moral characterisation			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent characterisation=Theme
5	offer	participle		the moral characterisation not said here	this lesson		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6	fault		that pupil				nom fault «act transitive»: poss=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

A commendable exercise of discretion and self-restraint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 exercise	det
2	commendable	commendable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exercise	amod
3	exercise	exercise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 discretion	case
5	discretion	discretion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exercise	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 restraint	cc
7	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restraint	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 self	punct
9	restraint	restraint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exercise	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise			discretion					nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A form of false witness committed without words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 committed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 witness	case
4	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 witness	amod
5	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
6	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 words	case
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 committed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	participle · passive		a form of false witness				without words	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	form			false witness					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A matter of no moral significance, the teacher being responsible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 responsible	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 significance	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 significance	det
5	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 significance	amod
6	significance	significance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 matter	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 teacher	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 significance	appos
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 responsible	cop
11	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	a matter of no moral significance					responsible property	tree rules
2	matter		no moral significance						nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A form of loyalty to the teacher and to the class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 form	det
2	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 loyalty	case
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 form	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 class	cc
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 class	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 class	det
11	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form			loyalty				to the teacher and the class	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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