Test 3 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

Zayd, who is Muslim, thinks differently from you about a case. What is the best way to finish the discussion?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zayd, best way · What happens: be, think, finish · To what, where: discussion

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: Zayd, who is Muslim, thinks differently from you about a case.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zayd	Zayd	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thinks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Muslim	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 Muslim	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Muslim	cop
5	Muslim	Muslim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Zayd	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Zayd	punct
7	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	differently	differently	ADV	_	7 thinks	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 thinks	obl
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 case	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 case	det
13	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thinks	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Zayd					muslim property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	Zayd					from you; about a case; differently property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about case=Topic

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.

Sentence 2: What is the best way to finish the discussion?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 finish	mark
7	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 discussion	det
9	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finish	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	finish	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	the discussion					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality discussion=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Walk off and refuse to talk to him again for the rest of the day

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Walk	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 refuse	cc
4	refuse	refuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talk	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 talk	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 rest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	walk off	imperative	you not said here				vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	refuse	infinitive	you not said here				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	talk	to-infinitive	you not said here	him = he	again	for the rest of the day	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

Option 2

Keep repeating your view louder until he finally agrees with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	repeating	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 view	nmod:poss
4	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repeating	obj
5	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Keep	xcomp
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 agrees	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 agrees	nsubj
8	finally	finally	ADV	_	9 agrees	advmod
9	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 agrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		loud property	tree rules
2	repeat	gerund	you not said here	your view		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Eventuality
3	agree speech: agree	present	he		with you; finally property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent
4	view		your			nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sum up both views, note what you agree on, and agree to disagree kindly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sum	sum	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Sum	compound:prt
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 views	det
4	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sum	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 note	punct
6	note	note	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sum	parataxis
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 note	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 agree	nsubj
9	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 what	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADV	_	9 agree	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 agree	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 agree	cc
13	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sum	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 disagree	mark
15	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 agree	xcomp
16	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	15 disagree	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sum up	imperative	you not said here	both views		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Topic
2	note	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	agree speech: agree	present	you			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	agree speech: agree	infinitive				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	disagree not said to happen	to-infinitive			kindly property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell him his religion is the only reason he got the answer wrong in the first place

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 religion	nmod:poss
4	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
7	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 reason	amod
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 answer	det
12	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 got	xcomp
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 place	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 place	det
16	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 place	amod
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive		his religion	him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient religion=Topic
2	is a	present		the only reason				tree rules
3	get	past	he	the answer		the first place	wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus

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