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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief? Exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Rights, duties and community dilemmas

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** relation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Rights, duties and community dilemmas» 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/49-rights-duties-and-community/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relation between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the relation |  |  |  | of the following statements; between freedom of expression and respect for religious belief; accurately *property* | 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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Freedom of expression authorises any utterance whatsoever, irrespective of its consequences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:e1:o1:1
# text = Freedom of expression authorises any utterance whatsoever, irrespective of its consequences
1	Freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	authorises	authorise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **authorise** | present | Freedom of expression | any utterance |  |  |  | of Freedom's consequences; whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The holding of religious belief prohibits every expression of disagreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:e1:o2:1
# text = The holding of religious belief prohibits every expression of disagreement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	prohibits	prohibit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of religious belief | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present | holding | every expression of disagreement |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer expression=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The two are wholly unrelated, neither bearing upon the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:e1:o3:1
# text = The two are wholly unrelated, neither bearing upon the other
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	unrelated	unrelated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Disagreement is permissible, whereas mockery of that which others hold sacred occasions needless hurt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:49-rights-duties-and-community:e1:o4:1
# text = Disagreement is permissible, whereas mockery of that which others hold sacred occasions needless hurt
1	Disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	needless	needless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hurt	hurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Disagreement |  |  |  |  | permissible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present | mockery of that | sacred occasions |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme hurt=Eventuality |
| 3 | **mock** |  |  | that |  |  |  |  | nom mockery «communication transitive»: of=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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