Test 7 · ★ · Animals
"Testing medicine on animals is wrong cos the scientists are horrible people." What is weak about this argument?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Testing medicine, scientists · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 46 «Animals» 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: "Testing medicine on animals is wrong cos the scientists are horrible people."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| 2 | Testing | Testing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 medicine | compound |
| 3 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 animals | case |
| 5 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 medicine | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 13 people | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 scientists | det |
| 10 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 people | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 people | cop |
| 12 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 people | amod |
| 13 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wrong | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Testing medicine on animals | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | the scientists | cos horrible people | 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 is weak about this argument?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 weak | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weak | cop |
| 3 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 argument | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 argument | det |
| 6 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 weak | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 weak | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about this argument; weak property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is weak because it agrees with the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 weak | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weak | cop |
| 3 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 agrees | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 agrees | nsubj |
| 6 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 weak | advcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 teacher | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 teacher | det |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 agrees | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | weak property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree | present | it | with the teacher | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with teacher=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It attacks people instead of giving reasons about the question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 attacks | nsubj |
| 2 | attacks | attack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 attacks | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 6 giving | mark |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 instead | fixed |
| 6 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 attacks | advcl |
| 7 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 giving | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 question | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 question | det |
| 10 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reasons | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attack | present | It | people | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | reasons | about the question | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
Option 3
It is too long and has too many reasons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 long | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 has | cc |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | conj |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 many | advmod |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 reasons | amod |
| 9 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | many reasons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
Option 4
It mentions medicine, which is completely off the topic of animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 mentions | nsubj |
| 2 | mentions | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | medicine | medicine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mentions | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 topic | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 topic | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 topic | cop |
| 7 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 10 topic | advmod |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 topic | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 topic | det |
| 10 | topic | topic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 medicine | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 animals | case |
| 12 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 topic | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mention speech: other | present | It | medicine and the topic | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent medicine=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | medicine and the topic | off the topic; of animals; completely property | tree rules |
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