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# Exam question 4 · Mock ethics olympiad

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State the principal reason for which olympiads confer awards in recognition of good sportsmanship.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** olympiads · **What happens:** confer, recognize · **To what, where:** awards, recognition, good sportsmanship

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 50 «Mock ethics olympiad» 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/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:e4:1
# text = State the principal reason for which olympiads confer awards in recognition of good sportsmanship.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	olympiads	olympiad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	confer	confer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	awards	award	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sportsmanship	sportsmanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present | olympiads | awards |  | recognition of good sportsmanship |  | for the State principal reason | tree rules |
| 2 | **recognize** |  |  | good sportsmanship |  |  |  |  | nom recognition «state 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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Character is held to be of no less account than the score attained

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:e4:o1:1
# text = Character is held to be of no less account than the score attained
1	Character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present · passive |  | Character |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of no less account; than the score | tree rules |
| 3 | **attain** | participle |  | the score *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such awards serve solely to console the teams which are defeated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:e4:o2:1
# text = Such awards serve solely to console the teams which are defeated
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	awards	award	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	console	console	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	defeated	defeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | Such awards | console |  |  |  | solely *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Attribute |
| 2 | **defeat** | present · passive |  | the teams |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such awards are conferred upon the team which speaks at greatest length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:e4:o3:1
# text = Such awards are conferred upon the team which speaks at greatest length
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	awards	award	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | present · passive |  | Such awards |  |  |  | upon the team | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the team | greatest length |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The assessors are otherwise unable to determine a victor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:e4:o4:1
# text = The assessors are otherwise unable to determine a victor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assessors	assessor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	victor	victor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the assessors |  |  |  |  | otherwise, unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **determine** | to-infinitive | the assessors *not said here* | a victor |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victor=Topic |

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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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