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description: The other team just said something good. What is the best olympiad response? Test 6 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 6 · What is an ethics olympiad?

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The other team just said something good. What is the best olympiad response?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** other team, best olympiad response · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The other team just said something good.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:1
# text = The other team just said something good.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other team | something |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

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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 is the best olympiad response?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:2
# text = What is the best olympiad response?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	olympiad	olympiad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best olympiad response |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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"We agree with that and want to add one more point"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:o1:1
# text = "We agree with that and want to add one more point"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | with that | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with that=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | one more point |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Whatever, our team is cleverer than your team anyway"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:o2:1
# text = "Whatever, our team is cleverer than your team anyway"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	cleverer	clever	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Whatever |  |  |  |  | than your team; anyway, clever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"We are not going to answer that, it's your problem"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:o3:1
# text = "We are not going to answer that, it's your problem"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	csubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | your problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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"That is wrong, and you clearly did not read the case"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:36-what-is-an-ethics-olympiad:t6:o4:1
# text = "That is wrong, and you clearly did not read the case"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | the case |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Topic |

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