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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

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Select the statement most consistent with the account of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:8.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, account · **To what, where:** statement, Zacchaeus, Luke

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 103 «Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★» 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/103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e3:1
# text = Select the statement most consistent with the account of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:8.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Luke	Luke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	19:8	19:8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | Zacchaeus |  | Luke |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place |

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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 {#o1}

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He refused all restitution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e3:o1:1
# text = He refused all restitution
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	restitution	restitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He | all restitution |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent restitution=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He gave everything to the Temple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e3:o2:1
# text = He gave everything to the Temple
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Temple	Temple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | everything | the Temple |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme to temple=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He repaid exactly what he had taken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e3:o3:1
# text = He repaid exactly what he had taken
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repaid	repay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repay** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 2 | **take** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He undertook to repay fourfold any he had cheated and to give half his possessions to the poor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e3:o4:1
# text = He undertook to repay fourfold any he had cheated and to give half his possessions to the poor
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	fourfold	fourfol	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	mark	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	15	det:predet	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **repay** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fourfol** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **cheat** | past · perfect · passive |  | any |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | his possessions | the poor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent possession=Theme to poor=Recipient |
| 6 | **possess** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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