Test 3 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names

What would happen if both sides of a class argument had to say the other side's best reason first?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sides · What happens: happen, have, say · To what, where: best reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» of the politics 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 had	mark
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 sides	det
6	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 argument	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 argument	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 argument	compound
10	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sides	nmod
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 say	mark
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 side	det
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 side	amod
16	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reason	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 side	case
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 reason	amod
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	obj
20	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 say	advmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have a condition, not said to happen	past	both sides of a class argument			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	both sides of a class argument not said here	the other side's best reason	first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic

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

The teacher would have to pick a winner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pick	mark
6	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 winner	det
8	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	the teacher						tree rules
2	pick	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	a winner					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Patient

Option 2

Nobody would ever agree to anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 agree	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 agree	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 agree	advmod
4	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	would	Nobody				ever	to anything	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They would understand each other and argue more fairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 understand	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	aux
3	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	3 understand	obj
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 each	fixed
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 argue	cc
7	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 understand	conj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 fairly	advmod
9	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 argue	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	would	They	each					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus
2	argue speech: disagree	present	They not said here					fairly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They would forget their own ideas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forget	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forget	aux
3	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ideas	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ideas	amod
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	would	They	their own ideas					tree rules

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