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description: Select the statement consistent with the view attributed to Aristotle concerning truthfulness about oneself. Exam question 3 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 a
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# Exam question 3 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

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Select the statement consistent with the view attributed to Aristotle concerning truthfulness about oneself.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Aristotle · **What happens:** select, attribute, concern · **To what, where:** statement, view, truthfulness

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the view attributed to Aristotle concerning truthfulness about oneself.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Aristotle	Aristotle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	truthfulness	truthfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 statement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | the view *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | Aristotle *not said here* | truthfulness |  |  |  | about oneself | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus truthfulness=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Truthfulness concerning oneself is impossible to attain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e3:o1:1
# text = Truthfulness concerning oneself is impossible to attain
1	Truthfulness	truthfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	oneself	oneself	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | Truthfulness *not said here* | oneself |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus oneself=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | Truthfulness |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attain** | to-infinitive | Truthfulness *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The truthful person consistently overstates his own merits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e3:o2:1
# text = The truthful person consistently overstates his own merits
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	consistently	consistently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	overstates	overstate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	merits	merit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overstate** *speech: other* | present | the truthful person | person's own merits |  |  |  | consistently *property* | vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The truthful person consistently understates his own merits, from modesty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e3:o3:1
# text = The truthful person consistently understates his own merits, from modesty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	consistently	consistently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	understates	understate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	merits	merit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	modesty	modesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **understate** | present | the truthful person | person's own merits |  |  |  | consistently *property* | tree rules |

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

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The truthful person neither overstates nor understates his own merits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong:e3:o4:1
# text = The truthful person neither overstates nor understates his own merits
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	overstates	overstate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	7	cc	_	_
7	understates	understate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	merits	merit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overstate** *speech: other* | present | the truthful person |  |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **understate** | present | the truthful person *not said here* | person's own merits |  |  |  |  | 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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