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title: ugh why we gotta talk about who's "affected", just say what's right… — What is an ethics olympiad? · tree and pragmatics
description: ugh why we gotta talk about who's "affected", just say what's right innit Test 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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# Test 3 · What is an ethics olympiad?

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ugh why we gotta talk about who's "affected", just say what's right innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** talk, be, say · **To what, where:** right innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t3:1
# text = ugh why we gotta talk about who's "affected", just say what's right innit
1	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	gotta	gotta	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	affected	affected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | infinitive | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | affected *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | right innit |  |  |  |  | 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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Because judges like it when you say long lists of people's names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t3:o1:1
# text = Because judges like it when you say long lists of people's names
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lists	list	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | judges like it | long lists of people's names |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent list=Topic |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | people's names |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **name** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because thinking about others means you have no view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t3:o2:1
# text = Because thinking about others means you have no view
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about others | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about other=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | thinking |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | present | you | no view |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Because a good answer weighs everyone the choice touches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t3:o3:1
# text = Because a good answer weighs everyone the choice touches
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	weighs	weigh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weigh** | present | a good answer | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme everyone=Value |
| 2 | **touch** | present | the choice |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the case is boring and it fills up the time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t3:o4:1
# text = Because the case is boring and it fills up the time
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the case |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fill up** | present | case |  |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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