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title: Ascertain the term which denotes the position of a judge whose frien… — Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the term which denotes the position of a judge whose friend is a competitor in the contest being judged. Exam question 4 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling

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Ascertain the term which denotes the position of a judge whose friend is a competitor in the contest being judged.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, term, judge · **What happens:** ascertain, denote, be, judge · **To what, where:** term, position, contest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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/99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the term which denotes the position of a judge whose friend is a competitor in the contest being judged.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	competitor	competitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic |
| 2 | **denote** | present | the term | the position |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | present | a judge |  |  | the contest |  | of a competitor | tree rules |
| 4 | **judge** | gerund · passive |  | the contest *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» |

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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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A sporting walkover for the friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e4:o1:1
# text = A sporting walkover for the friend
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sporting	sport	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	walkover	walkover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sport** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A unanimous verdict

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e4:o2:1
# text = A unanimous verdict
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A conflict of interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e4:o3:1
# text = A conflict of interest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conflict** |  | interest |  |  |  |  |  | nom conflict «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A fair adjudication

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:99-olympiad-dilemmas-friends-truth-and-telling:e4:o4:1
# text = A fair adjudication
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	adjudication	adjudication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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