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title: "We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated." W… — Mock ethics olympiad · tree and pragmatics
description: "We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated." What is wrong with this response? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Mock ethics olympiad

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"We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated." What is wrong with this response?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We, judges, other lot · **What happens:** lose, be, cheat · **To what, where:** total idiots

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:1
# text = "We lost, the judges were total idiots and the other lot cheated."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	idiots	idiot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the judges | total idiots |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cheat** *in a quote* | past | the other lot |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 wrong with this response?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:2
# text = What is wrong with this response?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with this response; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing; it is the natural and fair thing to say after losing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing; it is the natural and fair thing to say after losing
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the natural thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is far too kind and grateful to everyone who was there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:o2:1
# text = It is far too kind and grateful to everyone who was there
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to everyone; far, kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It gives far too many good reasons for losing the round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:o3:1
# text = It gives far too many good reasons for losing the round
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | many good reasons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | gerund | many good reasons *not said here* | the round |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Eventuality |

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

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It attacks people instead of learning from the round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:50-mock-ethics-olympiad:t5:o4:1
# text = It attacks people instead of learning from the round
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	6	mark	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | present | It | people |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |
| 2 | **learn** | gerund |  |  |  | the round |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from round=Source |

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