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Test 8 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

Ruby argues pets in class are cruel; Ben argues they're good for children. What common ground could they start from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, Ben, pets, common ground · What happens: argue, be, start · To what, where: pets, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Ruby argues pets in class are cruel; Ben argues they're good for children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 argues	nsubj
2	argues	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 argues	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 class	case
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 argues	obl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 argues	conj
7	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 are	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 argues	punct
9	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 argues	nsubj
10	argues	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 argues	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 good	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 good	cop
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 argues	ccomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 children	case
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 good	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 argues	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	Ruby	pets		class			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent pet=Topic
2	be	present	Ruby not said here					cruel property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	argue speech: disagree	present	Ben						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	pets = pet					for children; good property	tree rules

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 common ground could they start from?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 start	obj
2	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ground	amod
3	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 start	aux
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 start	nsubj
6	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	6 start	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	could	common ground						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Both think the head teacher should not have any say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	compound
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 think	ccomp
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 say	det
10	say	say	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Both						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not have	should	the head teacher	any say					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent say=Patient

Option 2

Both think pets should be kept in every single classroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kept	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kept	aux:pass
6	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 think	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 classroom	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 classroom	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 classroom	amod
10	classroom	classroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Both						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	keep	should · passive		pets		every single classroom			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in classroom=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Both want what is best for the animals and the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 best	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 best	cop
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 want	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 animals	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 want	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 children	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animals	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Both					for the animals and the children	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	present						good property	tree rules

Option 4

Both think children should never be near any animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 be	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 be	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 be	advmod
6	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 think	ccomp
7	near	near	ADP	_	9 animals	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 animals	det
9	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 be	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Both						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not be	should	children					near any animals	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near animal=Location

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