Exam question 2 · Debating and discussion

Select the response that most accurately characterises a rebuttal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response, rebuttal

This is exam question 2 of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rebuttal	det
9	rebuttal	rebuttal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	a rebuttal					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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A direct reply to an opposing point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 reply	det
2	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reply	amod
3	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 point	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 point	det
6	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 point	amod
7	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reply	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppose	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

A restatement of one's own opening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 restatement	det
2	restatement	restatement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 opening	case
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 opening	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 opening	amod
7	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restatement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restate			one's own opening					nom restatement «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A unanimous vote at the conclusion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vote	det
2	unanimous	unanimous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 vote	amod
3	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 conclusion	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 conclusion	det
6	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 vote	nmod

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

Option 4

A complaint lodged with the chair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 complaint	det
2	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 complaint	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 chair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chair	det
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lodged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	participle		a complaint not said here				with the chair	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with chair=Location

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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