Exam question 1 · Arguing politely and never calling names

Which of the following most accurately characterises an argument as understood in this lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, understand · To what, where: argument, lesson

This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 argument	det
9	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 understood	mark
11	understood	understand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 argument	acl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 lesson	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 lesson	det
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 understood	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a argument		accurately property	tree rules
3	understand	participle	a argument not said here	this lesson		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 refusal to attend to opposing views

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 refusal	det
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 attend	mark
4	attend	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 views	case
6	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 views	amod
7	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attend	to-infinitive						to opposing views	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to view=Theme
2	oppose	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The advancement of reasons in support of a view

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 advancement	det
2	advancement	advancement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 reasons	case
4	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 advancement	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 support	case
6	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reasons	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 view	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 view	det
9	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 support	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance			reasons in support of a view					nom advancement «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	support			a view					nom support «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The use of insulting epithets against an opponent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 use	det
2	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 epithets	case
4	insulting	insulting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 epithets	amod
5	epithets	epithet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nmod
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 opponent	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 opponent	det
8	opponent	opponent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 epithets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use			insulting epithets against a opponent					nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A physical altercation between parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 altercation	det
2	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 altercation	amod
3	altercation	altercation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 parties	case
5	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 altercation	nmod

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

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