Test 10 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

Which shows active listening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: show · To what, where: active listening

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «How to argue: counter-arguments and respect» 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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 listening	amod
4	listening	listening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present		active listening					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent listening=Recipient

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

Summing up what your partner said before you answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summing	sum	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Summing	compound:prt
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 partner	nsubj
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 partner	nmod:poss
5	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Summing	ccomp
6	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 partner	acl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 answer	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 answer	nsubj
9	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sum up	gerund			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	partner				tree rules
3	say speech: assert	participle		your partner not said here	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	answer speech: assert	present	you		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Looking at your notes the whole time your partner speaks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 speaks	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 notes	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 notes	nmod:poss
4	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Looking	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl:unmarked
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 partner	nmod:poss
9	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obj
10	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	look	gerund		your partner	your notes	time	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme partner=Attribute
2	speak speech: other	present	Looking				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	note		your				nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Planning your reply while your partner is still talking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planning	plan	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 talking	csubj
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 reply	nmod:poss
3	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planning	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 partner	mark
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 partner	nmod:poss
6	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Planning	advcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 talking	aux
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 talking	advmod
9	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	plan	gerund		your reply		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Topic
2	talk	present · progressive	Planning		still	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	reply		your			nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Interrupting as soon as you hear something you dislike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interrupting	interrupt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 dislike	csubj
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 soon	advmod
3	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Interrupting	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 hear	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hear	nsubj
6	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 soon	advcl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hear	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 dislike	nsubj
9	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	interrupt	gerund			soon property	tree rules
2	hear	present	you	something		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus
3	dislike	present	you			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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