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Exam question 4 · I was wrong: changing your mind

It is given that a person has been shown sound evidence contrary to a belief previously held. Determine the most appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: belief, you · What happens: give, show, hold, determine · To what, where: It, person, appropriate response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» of the myths 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 person has been shown sound evidence contrary to a belief previously held.

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	_	9 shown	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shown	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shown	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 shown	aux:pass
9	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
10	sound	sound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 contrary	amod
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contrary	compound
12	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shown	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 belief	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 belief	det
15	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 contrary	nmod
16	previously	previously	ADV	_	17 held	advmod
17	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 belief	acl:relcl
18	.	.	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	show	present · perfect · passive		a person					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient contrary=Topic
3	hold	past	a belief not said here					previously property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 the most appropriate response.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

The options

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

To revise the belief in accordance with the evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 revise	mark
2	revise	revise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 belief	det
4	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revise	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 accordance	case
6	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revise	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 evidence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 evidence	det
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revise	to-infinitive		the belief		accordance		with the evidence	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent belief=Patient with evidence=Instrument

Option 2

To conceal the fact that the belief was ever held

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fact	det
4	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 held	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 belief	det
7	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 held	aux:pass
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 held	advmod
10	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fact	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the fact					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Patient
2	hold	past · passive	the fact not said here	the belief			ever		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

To dismiss the evidence as a matter of firm principle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dismiss	mark
2	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 evidence	det
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismiss	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 matter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dismiss	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 principle	case
9	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 principle	amod
10	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dismiss	to-infinitive		the evidence				as a matter of firm principle	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme as matter=Attribute
2	matter		firm principle						nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

To maintain the belief irrespective of the evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 maintain	mark
2	maintain	maintain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 belief	det
4	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintain	obj
5	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	_	2 maintain	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 evidence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 maintain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	maintain	to-infinitive		the belief				of the evidence; irrespective property	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent belief=Theme

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