Exam question 3 · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

Select the response consistent with the established practice of adjudicators in respect of a team which revises its view upon hearing a superior reason.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, team · What happens: select, establish, revise, hear, practice, respect · To what, where: response, view, superior reason, adjudicators, team

This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «How to argue: counter-arguments and respect» 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 practice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 practice	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 practice	amod
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 adjudicators	case
10	adjudicators	adjudicator	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 practice	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adjudicators	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 team	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 team	det
15	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nmod
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 revises	nsubj
17	revises	revise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 team	acl:relcl
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 view	nmod:poss
19	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 revises	obj
20	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	21 hearing	mark
21	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 revises	advcl
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 reason	det
23	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 reason	amod
24	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 hearing	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	revise	present	a team	team's view	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent view=Patient
4	hear	gerund	a team not said here	a superior reason	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
5	practice			adjudicators in respect of a team	nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient
6	respect			a team	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
7	view		team		nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

Such a revision is disregarded as of no consequence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 revision	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 revision	det
3	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disregarded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 disregarded	aux:pass
5	disregarded	disregard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 consequence	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 as	fixed
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 consequence	det
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 disregarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	present · passive		such revision				as no consequence	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Such a revision is regarded as a defeat and is penalised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 revision	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 revision	det
3	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 defeat	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 defeat	det
8	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 penalised	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 penalised	aux:pass
11	penalised	penalis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 regarded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		such revision				as a defeat	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as defeat=Value
2	penalis	present · passive							tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Such a revision is regarded as a strength and is rewarded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 revision	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 revision	det
3	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 strength	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 strength	det
8	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rewarded	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rewarded	aux:pass
11	rewarded	reward	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 regarded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		such revision				as a strength	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as strength=Value
2	reward	present · passive							vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»

Option 4

Such a revision is regarded as misconduct and disqualified

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 revision	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 revision	det
3	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	aux:pass
5	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 misconduct	case
7	misconduct	misconduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 regarded	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disqualified	cc
9	disqualified	disqualify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 regarded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		such revision				as misconduct	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as misconduct=Value
2	disqualify	past							tree rules

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