rebuttal Who acts: statement, reply, other side, team, rebuttal, facts · What happens: show, say, be, answer, claim, give · To what, where: something, claims, clever rebuttal, debate, rebuttal, jury · Speech: someone speaks here
«rebuttal» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: rebuttal in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
A statement or argument that shows something said is wrong.
det nsubj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl obj acl cop punct root A DET statement NOUN or CCONJ argument NOUN that PRON shows VERB something PRON said VERB is AUX wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 statement det 2 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 10 wrong nsubj 3 or or CCONJ _ 4 argument cc 4 argument argument NOUN Number=Sing 2 statement conj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 shows nsubj 6 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 statement acl:relcl 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 shows obj 8 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 something acl 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 wrong cop 10 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 11 . . PUNCT _ 10 wrong punct
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1 show present a statement or argument something vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient 2 say speech: assert past vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is present a statement or argument wrong property tree rules
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.
Meaning 2 Usage: law, debate — kept apart, not parsed.
A reply that answers the other side's claims.
det nsubj acl:relcl det amod nmod:poss case obj punct root A DET reply NOUN that PRON answers VERB the DET other ADJ side NOUN 's PART claims NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 reply det 2 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 4 answers nsubj 4 answers answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 reply acl:relcl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 side det 6 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 7 side amod 7 side side NOUN Number=Sing 9 claims nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 side case 9 claims claim NOUN Number=Plur 4 answers obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 reply punct
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1 answer speech: assert present a reply the other side's claims vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality 2 claim the other side nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 In the debate, our team gave a clever rebuttal.
case det obl punct nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj punct root In ADP the DET debate NOUN , PUNCT our PRON team NOUN gave VERB a DET clever ADJ rebuttal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 debate case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 debate det 3 debate debate NOUN Number=Sing 7 gave obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 debate punct 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 team nmod:poss 6 team team NOUN Number=Sing 7 gave nsubj 7 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 rebuttal det 9 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 10 rebuttal amod 10 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 7 gave obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 gave punct
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1 give past our team a clever rebuttal the debate vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebuttal=Theme
Example 2 Her rebuttal showed the facts were wrong.
nmod:poss nsubj det nsubj cop ccomp punct root Her PRON rebuttal NOUN showed VERB the DET facts NOUN were AUX wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 rebuttal nmod:poss 2 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 3 showed nsubj 3 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 facts det 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 7 wrong nsubj 6 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 wrong cop 7 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 showed ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 showed punct
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1 show past Her rebuttal vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past the facts wrong property tree rules 3 rebut Her = she nom rebuttal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 3 Plan a rebuttal for the other side's best point.
det obj case det amod nmod:poss case amod obl punct root Plan VERB a DET rebuttal NOUN for ADP the DET other ADJ side NOUN 's PART best ADJ point NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plan plan VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 rebuttal det 3 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 1 Plan obj 4 for for ADP _ 10 point case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 side det 6 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 7 side amod 7 side side NOUN Number=Sing 10 point nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 side case 9 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 10 point amod 10 point point NOUN Number=Sing 1 Plan obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Plan punct
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1 plan imperative you not said here a rebuttal for the other side's best point vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rebuttal=Topic 2 point the other side nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Example 4 The lawyer's rebuttal convinced the jury.
det nmod:poss case nsubj det obj punct root The DET lawyer NOUN 's PART rebuttal NOUN convinced VERB the DET jury NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lawyer det 2 lawyer lawyer NOUN Number=Sing 4 rebuttal nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 lawyer case 4 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 5 convinced nsubj 5 convinced convince VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 jury det 7 jury jury NOUN Number=Sing 5 convinced obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 convinced punct
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1 convince past the lawyer's rebuttal the jury vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jury=Experiencer 2 rebut the lawyer nom rebuttal «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 He wrote a short rebuttal to the letter in the newspaper.
nsubj det amod obj case det obl case det nmod punct root He PRON wrote VERB a DET short ADJ rebuttal NOUN to ADP the DET letter NOUN in ADP the DET newspaper NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wrote nsubj 2 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 rebuttal det 4 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 5 rebuttal amod 5 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrote obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 letter case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 letter det 8 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrote obl 9 in in ADP _ 11 newspaper case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 newspaper det 11 newspaper newspaper NOUN Number=Sing 8 letter nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrote punct
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1 write past He a short rebuttal the letter in the newspaper vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rebuttal=Topic to letter=Recipient
Example 6 The rebuttal speech came last.
det compound nsubj advmod punct root The DET rebuttal NOUN speech NOUN came VERB last ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 speech det 2 rebuttal rebuttal NOUN Number=Sing 3 speech compound 3 speech speech NOUN Number=Sing 4 came nsubj 4 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 last last ADV _ 4 came advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 came punct
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1 come past the rebuttal speech last property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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