---
title: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning… — How to argue: reasons and evidence · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "consistency" in reasoning. Exam question 3 of lesson 39 «How to argue: reasons and evidence» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/) / [How to argue: reasons and evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · How to argue: reasons and evidence

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "consistency" in reasoning.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish, mean · **To what, where:** response, consistency

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «How to argue: reasons and evidence» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "consistency" in reasoning.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	consistency	consistency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established meaning of consistency in reasoning; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | consistency in reasoning |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The refusal ever to revise one's conclusions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence:e3:o1:1
# text = The refusal ever to revise one's conclusions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	revise	revise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revise** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The treatment of similar cases in a similar manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence:e3:o2:1
# text = The treatment of similar cases in a similar manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** |  |  | similar cases in a similar manner |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The agreement of one's view with that of the majority

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence:e3:o3:1
# text = The agreement of one's view with that of the majority
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	majority	majority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** |  | one's view with that |  |  |  |  |  | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **view** |  | one |  |  |  |  | with that | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The repetition of one's claim on every occasion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence:e3:o4:1
# text = The repetition of one's claim on every occasion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** |  | one's claim on every occasion |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **claim** |  | one |  |  | every occasion |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [How to argue: reasons and evidence, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/e2/)
- next →: [How to argue: reasons and evidence, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/e4/)
- ↑ back to [How to argue: reasons and evidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/39-how-to-argue-reasons-and-evidence/)