Exam question 3 · How to argue: reasons and evidence

Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "consistency" in reasoning.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, mean · To what, where: response, consistency

This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «How to argue: reasons and evidence» of the religion ethics 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 meaning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 meaning	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 meaning	amod
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 consistency	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 consistency	punct
13	consistency	consistency	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meaning	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 consistency	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 reasoning	case
16	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consistency	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established meaning of consistency in reasoning; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	mean			consistency in reasoning		nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 refusal ever to revise one's conclusions

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	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 refusal	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 revise	mark
5	revise	revise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refusal	acl
6	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 revise	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 one	case
8	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revise	to-infinitive		one					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The treatment of similar cases in a similar manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 treatment	det
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 cases	case
4	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cases	amod
5	cases	case	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 treatment	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 manner	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 manner	det
8	similar	similar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 manner	amod
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cases	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat			similar cases in a similar manner					nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The agreement of one's view with that of the majority

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 agreement	det
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 view	case
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 view	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 agreement	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 that	case
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 view	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 majority	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 majority	det
11	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree		one's view with that						nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent
2	view		one					with that	nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

Option 4

The repetition of one's claim on every occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repetition	det
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 claim	case
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 claim	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 one	case
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repetition	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 occasion	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 occasion	det
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claim	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat		one's claim on every occasion						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent
2	claim		one			every occasion			nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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