Test 12 · ★★ · How to argue: reasons and evidence

Which is true about evidence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 39 «How to argue: reasons and evidence» of the religion ethics 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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 evidence	case
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about evidence; true property	tree rules

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

It should be true and fair, not just what helps you

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	4 true	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fair	cc
6	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 helps	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 helps	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 what	advmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 helps	nsubj
11	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 helps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	should	It		true property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	not help	present		you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary

Option 2

The more often you repeat it, the stronger the evidence gets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 more	det
2	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 often	advmod
3	often	often	ADV	_	5 repeat	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 repeat	nsubj
5	repeat	repeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stronger	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 repeat	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stronger	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stronger	det
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 evidence	det
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stronger	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repeat	present	you	it				often property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	get	present	the evidence						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Any story you heard once, from anyone, is strong evidence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 evidence	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 story	acl:relcl
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 heard	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 anyone	punct
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 anyone	case
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 heard	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 story	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 evidence	cop
11	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 evidence	amod
12	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	you	any story not said here		anyone		once property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent story=Topic from anyone=Source
2	is a	present	any story	strong evidence					tree rules

Option 4

Evidence is only needed in science lessons, not in ethics

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 needed	advmod
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lessons	case
6	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lessons	compound
7	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ethics	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 ethics	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 ethics	case
11	ethics	ethic	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · passive		Evidence		science lessons		in ethics	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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