Exam question 3 · Debating and discussion
It is given that a participant alleges that an opponent's assertion is "cap". Determine what is additionally required for the allegation to be persuasive.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: participant, assertion, opponent, you · What happens: give, allege, be, assert, determine, require · To what, where: It, cap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a participant alleges that an opponent's assertion is "cap".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 alleges | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 participant | det |
| 6 | participant | participant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 alleges | nsubj |
| 7 | alleges | allege | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 cap | mark |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 opponent | det |
| 10 | opponent | opponent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 assertion | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 opponent | case |
| 12 | assertion | assertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cap | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 cap | cop |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 15 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 alleges | ccomp |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | allege speech: other | present | a participant | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | a opponent's assertion | cap | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | assert | a opponent | nom assertion «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine what is additionally required for the allegation to be persuasive.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 required | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 required | aux:pass |
| 4 | additionally | additionally | ADV | _ | 5 required | advmod |
| 5 | required | require | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 allegation | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 allegation | det |
| 8 | allegation | allegation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 required | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 persuasive | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 persuasive | cop |
| 11 | persuasive | persuasive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 required | advcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | require | present · passive | for the allegation; additionally property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | |||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | persuasive property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Volume
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volume | volume | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Evidence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Insults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insults | insult | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Repetition
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repetition | repetition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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