--- title: Select the response consistent with the established principles of Bu… — Life is precious: wonder and gratitude · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with the established principles of Buddhism and Jainism in respect of living creatures. Exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [Life is precious: wonder and gratitude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude Select the response consistent with the established principles of Buddhism and Jainism in respect of living creatures. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, respect · **To what, where:** response, respect, living creatures This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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/54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with the established principles of Buddhism and Jainism in respect of living creatures. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 principles principle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Buddhism Buddhism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Jainism Jainism PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | respect of living creatures | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **respect** | | | living creatures | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} The destruction of creatures deemed to be pests ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e3:o1:1 # text = The destruction of creatures deemed to be pests 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 deemed deem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 pests pest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deem** | participle | | creatures *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | pests | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **destroy** | | | creatures | | | | | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The keeping of creatures for entertainment ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e3:o2:1 # text = The keeping of creatures for entertainment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | gerund | | | | | | of creatures for entertainment | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Indifference to the suffering of small creatures ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e3:o3:1 # text = Indifference to the suffering of small creatures 1 Indifference Indifference PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | | small creatures | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The avoidance of harm to any living being ```conllu # sent_id = question:religion-ethics:54-life-is-precious-wonder-and-gratitude:e3:o4:1 # text = The avoidance of harm to any living being 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 avoidance avoidance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | | | harm | | | | to any living | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl | **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. 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