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title: Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing i… — Mock ethics olympiad · tree and pragmatics
description: Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing it." What is the best reply? Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Mock 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 1 · ★★★ · Mock ethics olympiad

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Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing it." What is the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best reply · **What happens:** not bother, not read, be · **To what, where:** case

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Mock 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/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:1
# text = Teammate: "Don't bother reading the case properly, we'll just wing it."
1	Teammate	teammate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	bother	bother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bother** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | gerund |  | the case |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=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 reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:2
# text = What is the best reply?
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	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fine, but only if we talk very fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:o1:1
# text = Fine, but only if we talk very fast
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | we |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, reading the case is the judges' job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, reading the case is the judges' job
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	csubj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | the case |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | reading | the judges's job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Preparation is half the work; let's find the key facts first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:o3:1
# text = Preparation is half the work; let's find the key facts first
1	Preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	key	key	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Preparation | half work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | infinitive | 's *not said here* | the key facts |  |  |  | first *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Good idea, the judges always like quick answers better than slow ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t1:o4:1
# text = Good idea, the judges always like quick answers better than slow ones
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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

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