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title: Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature… — What is an ethics olympiad? · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature which distinguishes the Ethics Bowl. Exam question 4 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; Mov
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# Exam question 4 · What is an ethics olympiad?

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Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature which distinguishes the Ethics Bowl.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** feature · **What happens:** assign, ascertain, distinguish · **To what, where:** Whereas, feature, Ethics Bowl

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e4:1
# text = Whereas in a formal debate sides are assigned, ascertain the feature which distinguishes the Ethics Bowl.
1	Whereas	wherea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Ethics	Ethics	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Bowl	Bowl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | present · passive |  | Whereas in a formal debate sides |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ascertain** | infinitive |  | the feature |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Topic |
| 3 | **distinguish** | present | the feature | the Ethics Bowl |  |  |  |  | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute bowl=Theme |

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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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Teams are compelled always to oppose their own true opinion on the case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e4:o1:1
# text = Teams are compelled always to oppose their own true opinion on the case
1	Teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	oppose	oppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | present · passive |  | Teams |  |  |  | always *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **oppose** | to-infinitive |  | Teams's own true opinion |  | the case |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient |
| 3 | **opine** |  | Teams *= team* |  |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Teams are not compelled to oppose one another and may concur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e4:o2:1
# text = Teams are not compelled to oppose one another and may concur
1	Teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	oppose	oppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obj	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	fixed	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	concur	concur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **compel** | present · passive |  | Teams |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **oppose** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **concur** | may |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The victory is invariably awarded to the loudest speaker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e4:o3:1
# text = The victory is invariably awarded to the loudest speaker
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	awarded	award	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **award** | present · passive |  | the victory | the loudest speaker |  |  | invariably *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to speaker=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One team alone is permitted to speak in every round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:e4:o4:1
# text = One team alone is permitted to speak in every round
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | One team |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | every round |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «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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