Test 11 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

After a round, which is the best thing to say to the other team?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, say · To what, where: best thing, other team · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 round	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 round	det
3	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 round	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 thing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 thing	acl
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 team	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 team	det
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 team	amod
15	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best thing			after a round		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			the other team				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to team=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

We only lost because the judges liked you more than they liked us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 lost	advmod
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 liked	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 judges	det
6	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 liked	nsubj
7	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 liked	obj
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 liked	obj
10	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 liked	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 liked	nsubj
12	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 more	advcl
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lose	past	We		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	like	past	the judges	you	tree rules
3	like	past	judges = judge	us	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot we=Theme

Option 2

We won, so your ideas were obviously all wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ideas	nmod:poss
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wrong	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 won	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	We						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	your ideas					all, obviously, wrong property	tree rules

Option 3

That was boring and your speaker was really bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 boring	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boring	cop
3	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bad	cc
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 speaker	nmod:poss
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bad	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bad	cop
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boring	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					boring property	tree rules
2	is	past	your speaker					bad property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Thank you, you made us think hard about this case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Thank	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Thank	ccomp
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 made	advmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 case	case
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 case	det
11	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			you		tree rules
2	make	past	you	us		about this case; hard property	tree rules
3	think speech: other	infinitive	us not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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