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Test 6 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

A judge asks: "What is the strongest objection to your answer?" What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: judge, your, best reply · What happens: ask, be, answer · To what, where: strongest objection · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: A judge asks: "What is the strongest objection to your answer?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 objection	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 objection	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 objection	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 objection	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 objection	det
9	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 objection	amod
10	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	ccomp
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 answer	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 answer	nmod:poss
13	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 objection	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a judge						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		the strongest objection				to your answer	tree rules
3	answer in a quote		your						nom answer «communication 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.

Sentence 2: What is the best reply?

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 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Name a silly objection that is very easy to knock down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 objection	det
3	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objection	amod
4	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Name	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 easy	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 easy	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 easy	advmod
8	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 objection	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 knock	mark
10	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 easy	xcomp
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 knock	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	imperative	you not said here	a silly objection					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Theme
2	is	present	a silly objection					easy property	tree rules
3	knock down	to-infinitive	a silly objection not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Say the other team's objections are just them being rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 team	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 team	amod
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 objections	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 team	case
6	objections	objection	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rude	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 rude	advmod
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rude	nsubj
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 rude	cop
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the other team's objections					rude property	tree rules
3	object		the other team						nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Say there are no objections because your answer is perfect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 are	expl
3	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 objections	det
5	objections	objection	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 are	nsubj
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 perfect	mark
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 answer	nmod:poss
8	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perfect	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 perfect	cop
10	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 are	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	does	present	no objections			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	your answer					perfect property	tree rules
4	answer		your						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Name a real, strong objection and explain how you weigh it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 objection	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 objection	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 real	punct
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 objection	amod
6	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Name	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 explain	cc
8	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Name	conj
9	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 weigh	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 weigh	nsubj
11	weigh	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 explain	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 weigh	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	imperative	you not said here	a real strong objection					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Theme
2	explain speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	weigh	present	you	objection					vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value

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