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title: Identify the term denoting the proposition under consideration in a… — Debating and discussion · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the term denoting the proposition under consideration in a formal debate. Exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Debating and discussion

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Identify the term denoting the proposition under consideration in a formal debate.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, term · **What happens:** identify, denote · **To what, where:** term, proposition, consideration

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/49-debating-and-discussion/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:e1:1
# text = Identify the term denoting the proposition under consideration in a formal debate.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	denoting	denote	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	proposition	proposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	debate	debate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 2 | **denote** | gerund | the term *not said here* | the proposition |  | consideration |  | in a formal debate | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot proposition=Theme in debate=Attribute |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The rebuttal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:e1:o1:1
# text = The rebuttal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rebuttal	rebuttal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The summary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:e1:o2:1
# text = The summary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	summary	summary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The verdict

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:e1:o3:1
# text = The verdict
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The motion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:49-debating-and-discussion:e1:o4:1
# text = The motion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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