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title: After a round, which is the best thing to say to the other team? — How to argue: counter-arguments and re… · tree and pragmatics
description: After a round, which is the best thing to say to the other team? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

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After a round, which is the best thing to say to the other team?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** best thing, other team · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t11:1
# text = After a round, which is the best thing to say to the other team?
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	round	round	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best thing |  |  | after a round |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  | the other team |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to team=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 {#o1}

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We only lost because the judges liked you more than they liked us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t11:o1:1
# text = We only lost because the judges liked you more than they liked us
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **like** | past | the judges | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **like** | past | judges *= judge* | us |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot we=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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We won, so your ideas were obviously all wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t11:o2:1
# text = We won, so your ideas were obviously all wrong
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | your ideas |  |  |  |  | all, obviously, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That was boring and your speaker was really bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t11:o3:1
# text = That was boring and your speaker was really bad
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | your speaker |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

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

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Thank you, you made us think hard about this case

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t11:o4:1
# text = Thank you, you made us think hard about this case
1	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present |  |  | you |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | you | us |  |  |  | about this case; hard *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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