Exam question 1 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

Which of the following most accurately characterises the response to a moral dilemma most esteemed by the judges of an ethics olympiad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, esteem · To what, where: response, moral dilemma

This is exam question 1 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 response	det
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 dilemma	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dilemma	det
12	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 dilemma	amod
13	dilemma	dilemma	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 response	nmod
14	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	15 esteemed	advmod
15	esteemed	esteem	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dilemma	acl
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 judges	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 judges	det
18	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 esteemed	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 olympiad	case
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 olympiad	det
21	ethics	ethics	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 olympiad	compound
22	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 judges	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the response	to a moral dilemma; accurately property	tree rules
3	esteem	participle	a moral dilemma not said here	by the judges of a ethics olympiad	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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

A response which furnishes reasons and weighs fairly the considerations on each side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 furnishes	nsubj
4	furnishes	furnish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 response	acl:relcl
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 furnishes	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 weighs	cc
7	weighs	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 furnishes	conj
8	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 weighs	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 considerations	det
10	considerations	consideration	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 weighs	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 weighs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	furnish	present	a response	reasons					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Recipient
2	weigh	present	a response not said here	the considerations		each side		fairly property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme consideration=Value

Option 2

A response which accords exclusively with the majority opinion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 accords	nsubj
4	accords	accord	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 response	acl:relcl
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 accords	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 opinion	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 opinion	det
8	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opinion	compound
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accords	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	present	a response					with the majority opinion; exclusively property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A response which asserts a conclusion without any supporting reasons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 asserts	nsubj
4	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 response	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 conclusion	det
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asserts	obj
7	without	without	ADP	_	10 reasons	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 reasons	det
9	supporting	supporting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reasons	compound
10	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 asserts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assert	present	a response	a conclusion				without any supporting reasons	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme

Option 4

A response which declines to engage with the question posed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 response	det
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 declines	nsubj
4	declines	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 response	acl:relcl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 engage	mark
6	engage	engage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 declines	xcomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 question	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 question	det
9	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 engage	obl
10	posed	pose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 engage	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	decline	present	a response		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not engage	to-infinitive	a response not said here	with the question	tree rules
3	pose	participle	a response not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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