Test 10 · ★ · Debating and discussion

Which is a polite way to disagree?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, disagree · To what, where: polite way

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English course of Mova's primary school. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 disagree	mark
7	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a polite way					tree rules
2	disagree	to-infinitive							vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

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

"I see your point, but I disagree because…"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 point	nmod:poss
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 disagree	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 disagree	cc
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 disagree	nsubj
9	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	conj
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 disagree	mark
11	…	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see in a quote	present	I	your point	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer point=Stimulus
2	disagree in a quote	present	I		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	point in a quote		your		nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

"Wrong. Sit down."

Sentence 1: "Wrong.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Wrong	punct
2	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Wrong	punct

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

Sentence 2: Sit down."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Sit	compound:prt
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sit	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

"Cap. Next."

Sentence 1: "Cap.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Cap	punct
2	Cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Cap	punct

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

Sentence 2: Next."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADV	_	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Next	punct

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

Option 4

"That's mardy, and so are you, and so is your idea."

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 mardy	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mardy	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mardy	cop
4	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 you	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 you	cc
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 you	advmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 you	cop
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 mardy	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 you	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 idea	cc
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 idea	advmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 idea	cop
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 idea	nmod:poss
15	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mardy	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mardy	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 mardy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That		mardy property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present		you		tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	That not said here	your idea		tree rules

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