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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma. — What is an ethics olympiad? · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma. Exam question 3 of lesson 36 «What is an ethics olympiad?» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 3 · What is an ethics olympiad?

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Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, dilemma

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «What is an ethics olympiad?» 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/36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises a dilemma.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dilemma	dilemma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | a dilemma |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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A contest in which teams endeavour to deceive one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e3:o1:1
# text = A contest in which teams endeavour to deceive one another
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	endeavour	endeavour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deceive** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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

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A situation in which every available choice carries some cost or wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e3:o2:1
# text = A situation in which every available choice carries some cost or wrong
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | every available choice | some cost |  | a situation |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cost=Value in which=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A question admitting of one obvious answer known to all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e3:o3:1
# text = A question admitting of one obvious answer known to all
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	admitting	admit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	obvious	obvious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund | a question *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of one obvious answer | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | one obvious answer *not said here* |  |  |  | to all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A narrative in which the hero invariably acts rightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e3:o4:1
# text = A narrative in which the hero invariably acts rightly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | a narrative in the hero |  |  |  |  | invariably, rightly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «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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