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title: Which shows active listening? — How to argue: counter-arguments and re… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which shows active listening? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «How to argue: counter-arguments and respect» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

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Which shows active listening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** show · **To what, where:** active listening

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This is test 10 · ★★★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t10:1
# text = Which shows active listening?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	listening	listening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  | active listening |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent listening=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Summing up what your partner said before you answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t10:o1:1
# text = Summing up what your partner said before you answer
1	Summing	sum	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	answer	answer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sum up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **partner** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  | your partner *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Looking at your notes the whole time your partner speaks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t10:o2:1
# text = Looking at your notes the whole time your partner speaks
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
10	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  | your partner |  | your notes | time |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme partner=Attribute |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | Looking |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **note** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Planning your reply while your partner is still talking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t10:o3:1
# text = Planning your reply while your partner is still talking
1	Planning	plan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | gerund |  | your reply |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Topic |
| 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | Planning |  |  |  | still |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **reply** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Interrupting as soon as you hear something you dislike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t10:o4:1
# text = Interrupting as soon as you hear something you dislike
1	Interrupting	interrupt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dislike	dislike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interrupt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present | you | something |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 3 | **dislike** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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