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title: My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loud… — What is an ethics olympiad? · tree and pragmatics
description: My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins. What would you tell him? Test 1 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 cho
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# Test 1 · What is an ethics olympiad?

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My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins. What would you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big brother, ethics olympiad, loudest team, you · **What happens:** say, argue, win, tell · **To what, where:** team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 36 «What is an ethics olympiad?» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:1
# text = My big brother says the ethics olympiad is just arguing and the loudest team wins.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ethics	ethics	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	arguing	argue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	wins	win	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | My big brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · progressive | the ethics olympiad |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **win** | present | the loudest team |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:2
# text = What would you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would | you |  | team |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, judges mark reasons, listening and respect, not loudness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:o1:1
# text = No, judges mark reasons, listening and respect, not loudness
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mark	mark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	loudness	loudness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | judges | reasons |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent reason=Destination |
| 2 | **listen** | gerund | judges *not said here* | loudness |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, but only in the last round when the judges are tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only in the last round when the judges are tired
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the judges |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, the winners are picked by drawing names from a hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:o3:1
# text = No, the winners are picked by drawing names from a hat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	winners	winner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | present · passive |  | the winners |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **draw** | gerund |  | names |  | a hat |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent name=Theme from hat=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Yes, the team that shouts the longest always gets the points

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t1:o4:1
# text = Yes, the team that shouts the longest always gets the points
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	obj	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the team | the longest |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent long=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | present | the team | the points |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus |

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