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# Exam question 3 · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the law of organ donation in the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, law

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 78 «Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood» 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/78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the law of organ donation in the United Kingdom.
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	1	xcomp	_	_
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	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	18	flat	_	_
18	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | 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 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the law of organ donation in the United Kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus law=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Only children may register a decision to donate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e3:o1:1
# text = Only children may register a decision to donate
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	register	register	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	donate	donate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **register** | may | children | a decision |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **donate** | to-infinitive | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Donation is prohibited by law throughout the United Kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e3:o2:1
# text = Donation is prohibited by law throughout the United Kingdom
1	Donation	donation	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	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | law | Donation |  |  | throughout the United Kingdom |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

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

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Adults are deemed willing to donate unless they have declined, and families are consulted

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e3:o3:1
# text = Adults are deemed willing to donate unless they have declined, and families are consulted
1	Adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	deemed	deem	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	donate	donate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	declined	decline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	consulted	consult	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deem** | present · passive |  | Adults |  |  |  | willing *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **donate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decline** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | Adults *= adult* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **consult** | present · passive |  | families |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Donation is compulsory for all persons without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e3:o4:1
# text = Donation is compulsory for all persons without exception
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	compulsory	compulsory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Donation |  |  |  |  | for all persons; without exception; compulsory *property* | tree rules |

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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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