--- title: A judge asks, "Is honesty ALWAYS the best policy?" A team answers, "… — Olympiad practice: the hardest cases · tree and pragmatics description: A judge asks, "Is honesty ALWAYS the best policy?" A team answers, "Yes, full stop." What would make it stronger? 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What would make it stronger? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judge, honesty, team · **What happens:** ask, be, answer, make · **To what, where:** best policy, stop · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Olympiad practice: the hardest cases» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A judge asks, "Is honesty ALWAYS the best policy?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:1 # text = A judge asks, "Is honesty ALWAYS the best policy?" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 honesty honesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 ALWAYS always ADV RB PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 policy policy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a judge | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | honesty | the best policy | | | | always *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* A team answers, "Yes, full stop." ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:2 # text = A team answers, "Yes, full stop." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answers answer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | a team | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What would make it stronger? ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:3 # text = What would make it stronger? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would | | stop | | | | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Saying the other team is wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:o1:1 # text = Saying the other team is wrong 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 csubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 team team NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the other team | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent team=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Saying | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Repeating the question back to the judge, slowly and very clearly ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:o2:1 # text = Repeating the question back to the judge, slowly and very clearly 1 Repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | gerund | | the question | | | | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Saying "full stop" louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:o3:1 # text = Saying "full stop" louder 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | full stop | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stop=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Giving reasons and facing the hard cases, like saving a life ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:100-olympiad-practice-the-hardest-cases:t10:o4:1 # text = Giving reasons and facing the hard cases, like saving a life 1 Giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cases case NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 like like SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | reasons | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **face** | gerund | | the hard cases | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme case=Destination | | 3 | **save** | gerund | | a life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | **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. 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