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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★

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Which response to the question "Is fair always equal?" would olympiad judges regard most highly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** response, olympiad judges · **What happens:** be, regard · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e4:1
# text = Which response to the question "Is fair always equal?" would olympiad judges regard most highly?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	regard	regard	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
17	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	18	advmod	_	_
18	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | which response to the question |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | which response to the question *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **regard** | would | olympiad judges |  |  |  |  | highly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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One which answers no without reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e4:o1:1
# text = One which answers no without reason
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | One | no |  |  |  | without reason | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent no=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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One which distinguishes equality from need and effort, with examples, and weighs which fits the case

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e4:o2:1
# text = One which distinguishes equality from need and effort, with examples, and weighs which fits the case
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	equality	equality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	examples	example	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distinguish** | present |  | equality |  |  |  | from need and effort and examples | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent equality=Theme from need=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **weigh** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fit** | present |  | the case |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One which declines to answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e4:o3:1
# text = One which declines to answer
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	declines	decline	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One which answers yes without reason

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas:e4:o4:1
# text = One which answers yes without reason
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answers	answer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | One |  |  |  |  | without reason | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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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