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Test 9 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

You and a friend still disagree after a long talk. What is the wisest thing to think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, wisest thing · What happens: disagree, be, think

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: You and a friend still disagree after a long talk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 disagree	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 friend	cc
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 You	conj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 disagree	advmod
6	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 talk	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 talk	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 talk	amod
10	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disagree	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 disagree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	You				after a long talk; still		vn correspond-36.1 «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 is the wisest thing to think?

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 thing	det
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 think	mark
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wisest thing						tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	the wisest thing not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thoughtful people can disagree; the friendship still matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thoughtful	thoughtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 disagree	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 disagree	aux
4	disagree	disagree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 matters	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friendship	det
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matters	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 matters	advmod
9	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disagree	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	can	Thoughtful people						tree rules
2	matter	present	the friendship				still		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The friendship is over, because friends always agree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friendship	det
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 over	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 over	cop
4	over	over	ADV	_	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 agree	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 agree	mark
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 agree	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 agree	advmod
9	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 over	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the friendship					over property	tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	present	friends					always property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

One of us must be stupid, or we would have agreed by now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 stupid	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 us	case
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 One	nmod
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stupid	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stupid	cop
6	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 agreed	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 agreed	cc
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 agreed	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 agreed	aux
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 agreed	aux
12	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 stupid	advcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 now	case
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 agreed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	One of us					stupid property	tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	would · perfect	we						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

I must keep arguing tomorrow until they finally give in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	aux
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arguing	obl:unmarked
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 give	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	nsubj
8	finally	finally	ADV	_	9 give	advmod
9	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 give	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	must	I						tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund	I not said here				tomorrow		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give in	present	they					finally property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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