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# Exam question 4 · Gifts of life: organ donation and giving blood

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Whereas a person declines to become an organ donor, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person, you, matters · **What happens:** decline, not become, ascertain, teach · **To what, where:** organ donor, response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e4:1
# text = Whereas a person declines to become an organ donor, ascertain the response most consistent with the matters taught.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	declines	decline	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	15	advmod	_	_
15	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
16	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **become** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* | a organ donor |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the matters |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The decision is forbidden by every faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e4:o1:1
# text = The decision is forbidden by every faith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | every faith | the decision |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The decision is a personal one and ought to be respected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e4:o2:1
# text = The decision is a personal one and ought to be respected
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the decision | a personal one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** | ought · passive | the decision *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The decision constitutes a criminal offence punishable under the law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e4:o3:1
# text = The decision constitutes a criminal offence punishable under the law
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	offence	offence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	punishable	punishable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | the decision | a criminal offence |  |  |  | punishable *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme offence=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The decision must be overruled by the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:78-gifts-of-life-organ-donation-and-giving-blood:e4:o4:1
# text = The decision must be overruled by the family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	overruled	overrule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overrule** | must · passive | the family | the decision |  |  |  |  | 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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