Test 5 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

Which is a straw man of "We should have more vegetarian school meals"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We · What happens: be, have · To what, where: straw man, more vegetarian school meals

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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	5 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	straw	straw	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 have	mark
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
8	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 man	acl
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 meals	amod
12	vegetarian	vegetarian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 meals	amod
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 meals	compound
14	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 meals	punct
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a straw man					tree rules
2	have in a quote	should	We	more vegetarian school meals					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient

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

"You want some extra vegetarian options on the menu"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 options	det
5	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 options	amod
6	vegetarian	vegetarian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 options	amod
7	options	option	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 menu	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 menu	det
10	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	You	some extra vegetarian options		the menu			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot option=Theme

Option 2

"You think more meal choices would help health and animals"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 meal	amod
5	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 choices	compound
6	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 help	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 help	aux
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	ccomp
9	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 help	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 animals	cc
11	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 health	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present	You						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	help in a quote	would	meal choices	health and animals					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"So you want to ban all meat for ever and force everyone"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
2	So	so	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ban	mark
6	ban	ban	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 meat	det
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ban	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 ban	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 force	cc
12	force	force	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ban	conj
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 force	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ban not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	all meat		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer meat=Theme
3	force in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		everyone	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 4

"You think more pupils might enjoy meat-free options"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 pupils	amod
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enjoy	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 enjoy	aux
7	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 think	ccomp
8	meat	meat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 options	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 meat	punct
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 options	amod
11	options	option	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enjoy	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	present	You						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	enjoy in a quote	might	more pupils	meat free options					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer option=Stimulus

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