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# Exam question 1 · Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the position designated as humanism?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 33 «Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief» 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/33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the position designated as humanism?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	humanism	humanism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 position |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **designate** | participle |  | the position *not said here* |  |  |  | as humanism | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as humanism=Attribute |

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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 persons may live ethically through reason and compassion, without belief in God

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:e1:o1:1
# text = That persons may live ethically through reason and compassion, without belief in God
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ethically	ethically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	compassion	compassion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | may | that persons |  |  | reason and compassion |  | without belief in God; ethically *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through reason=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That persons may live ethically solely through the observance of religious law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:e1:o2:1
# text = That persons may live ethically solely through the observance of religious law
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ethically	ethically	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	observance	observance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | may | that persons |  |  | the observance of religious law |  | solely *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through observance=Location |
| 2 | **observe** |  |  | religious law |  |  |  |  | nom observance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That persons ought to venerate humanity as a deity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:e1:o3:1
# text = That persons ought to venerate humanity as a deity
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	venerate	venerate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	humanity	humanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	deity	deity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **venerate** | ought | that persons | humanity |  |  |  | as a deity | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humanity=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That ethical conduct is impossible in the absence of faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:33-buddhism-humanism-and-respect:e1:o4:1
# text = That ethical conduct is impossible in the absence of faith
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	ethical	ethical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that ethical conduct |  |  | the absence of faith |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | faith |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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