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title: Which is a straw man of "We should have more vegetarian school meals"? — How to argue: counter-arguments and re… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is a straw man of "We should have more vegetarian school meals"? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 5 · ★★★ · How to argue: counter-arguments and respect

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Which is a straw man of "We should have more vegetarian school meals"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** We · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** straw man, more vegetarian school meals

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t5:1
# text = Which is a straw man of "We should have more vegetarian school meals"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	straw	straw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
12	vegetarian	vegetarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a straw man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | should | We | more vegetarian school meals |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

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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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"You want some extra vegetarian options on the menu"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t5:o1:1
# text = "You want some extra vegetarian options on the menu"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	vegetarian	vegetarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	options	option	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | You | some extra vegetarian options |  | the menu |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot option=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"You think more meal choices would help health and animals"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t5:o2:1
# text = "You think more meal choices would help health and animals"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	choices	choice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** *in a quote* | would | meal choices | health and animals |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"So you want to ban all meat for ever and force everyone"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t5:o3:1
# text = "So you want to ban all meat for ever and force everyone"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	ban	ban	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	force	force	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **ban** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | all meat |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer meat=Theme |
| 3 | **force** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"You think more pupils might enjoy meat-free options"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect:t5:o4:1
# text = "You think more pupils might enjoy meat-free options"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	options	option	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | might | more pupils | meat free options |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer option=Stimulus |

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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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