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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the teaching recorded in Matthew 7:3-5? Exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the teaching recorded in Matthew 7:3-5?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, record · **To what, where:** teaching

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» 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/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the teaching recorded in Matthew 7:3-5?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teaching	teaching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
13	7:3-5	7:3-5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the teaching |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **record** | participle |  | the teaching *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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 {#o1}

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Faults ought never to be mentioned under any circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e1:o1:1
# text = Faults ought never to be mentioned under any circumstances
1	Faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | ought · passive |  | Faults |  | any circumstances |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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One's own faults are of no consequence compared with those of others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e1:o2:1
# text = One's own faults are of no consequence compared with those of others
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	compared	compare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | own faults |  |  |  |  | of One's consequence | tree rules |
| 2 | **compare** | participle |  | One's consequence *not said here* |  |  |  | with One's consequence | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with that=Co-Patient |

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

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One ought to attend to one's own faults before censuring the lesser faults of others

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e1:o3:1
# text = One ought to attend to one's own faults before censuring the lesser faults of others
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	censuring	censure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | ought | One |  |  |  |  | to one's own faults | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to fault=Theme |
| 2 | **censure** | gerund | One *not said here* | the lesser faults of others |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Theme |
| 3 | **fault** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **fault** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One ought to censure the faults of others before attending to one's own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e1:o4:1
# text = One ought to censure the faults of others before attending to one's own
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	censure	censure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **censure** | ought | One | the faults of others |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Theme |
| 2 | **attend** | gerund | One *not said here* |  | one |  |  | own *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to one=Theme |
| 3 | **fault** |  |  | others |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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