Test 7 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect
oh my god shut up, ur so annoying, u always think ur right. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, you · What happens: shut up, think, do · To what, where: god
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: oh my god shut up, ur so annoying, u always think ur right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 3 god | discourse |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 god | nmod:poss |
| 3 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 god | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 shut | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 annoying | punct |
| 7 | ur | ur | CCONJ | _ | 9 annoying | cc |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 annoying | advmod |
| 9 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 god | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 think | punct |
| 11 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 think | nsubj |
| 12 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 think | advmod |
| 13 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 annoying | conj |
| 14 | ur | ur | ADV | _ | 15 right | advmod |
| 15 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 think | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 god | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up | participle | my god not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | u | always, right property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Walk off and tell everyone else how rude they were
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 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 everyone | advmod |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 rude | advmod |
| 8 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tell | ccomp |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rude | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 rude | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off | imperative | you not said here | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | they | rude property | tree rules |
Option 2
Shout back that they are even more annoying than you are, so there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 annoying | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 annoying | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 annoying | cop |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 more | advmod |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 annoying | advmod |
| 8 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shout | parataxis |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 annoying | obl |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 annoying | cop |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 there | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 there | advmod |
| 14 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout back speech: express | imperative | you not said here | there | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | they | than you; annoying property | tree rules |
Option 3
Agree with them just so they will stop shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Agree | obl |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Agree | advcl |
| 9 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | with them = they | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with they=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | stop | future | they | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | they not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Stay calm, ask what they disagree with, and answer that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 ask | obj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 disagree | nsubj |
| 7 | disagree | disagree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 disagree | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 answer | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 answer | cc |
| 11 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 answer | dep |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | disagree | present | they | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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