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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the principle rejected by Paul in Romans 3:8? Exam question 1 of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad practice: the hardest cases

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the principle rejected by Paul in Romans 3:8?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, reject · **To what, where:** principle

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the principle rejected by Paul in Romans 3:8?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	flat	_	_
15	3:8	3:8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the principle |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reject** | participle |  | the principle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That evil may be done in order that good may result

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:e1:o1:1
# text = That evil may be done in order that good may result
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	reparandum	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	result	result	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | may · passive |  | that evil |  | order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **result** | may |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That assistance ought to be rendered to the needy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:e1:o2:1
# text = That assistance ought to be rendered to the needy
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	needy	needy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | ought · passive |  | that assistance | the needy |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to needy=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That good ought to be done irrespective of consequences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:e1:o3:1
# text = That good ought to be done irrespective of consequences
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | ought · passive |  | That |  |  |  | of consequences; irrespective *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That falsehood is invariably impermissible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:e1:o4:1
# text = That falsehood is invariably impermissible
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	impermissible	impermissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that falsehood |  |  |  |  | impermissible, invariably *property* | tree rules |

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**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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