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title: Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribu… — Sharing and fairness · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods. Exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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 right.
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# Exam question 2 · Sharing and fairness

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Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, conceive, distribute · **To what, where:** three principal conceptions, fairness, goods

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 43 «Sharing and fairness» 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/43-sharing-and-fairness/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:e2:1
# text = Identify the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	conceptions	conception	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the three principal conceptions of fairness in the distribution of goods |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conception=Theme |
| 2 | **conceive** |  |  | fairness in the distribution of goods |  |  |  |  | nom conception «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **distribute** |  |  | goods |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Distribution in equal shares, distribution according to need, and distribution according to effort

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:e2:o1:1
# text = Distribution in equal shares, distribution according to need, and distribution according to effort
1	Distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	according	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
13	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund | distribution *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | to-infinitive | distribution *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Distribution to friends, distribution to relatives, and distribution to none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:e2:o2:1
# text = Distribution to friends, distribution to relatives, and distribution to none
1	Distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Distribution according to age, distribution according to height, and distribution by chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:e2:o3:1
# text = Distribution according to age, distribution according to height, and distribution by chance
1	Distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **distribute** |  | chance |  |  |  |  |  | nom distribution «cognition transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Distribution to the strongest, the loudest, and the earliest to arrive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:43-sharing-and-fairness:e2:o4:1
# text = Distribution to the strongest, the loudest, and the earliest to arrive
1	Distribution	distribution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	earliest	early	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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