--- title: Identify the fallacy committed where a claim is rejected by reason o… — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the fallacy committed where a claim is rejected by reason of the age of the person advancing it. Exam question 1 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/e1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Check the claim, not the person](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Check the claim, not the person Identify the fallacy committed where a claim is rejected by reason of the age of the person advancing it. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, reason, person · **What happens:** identify, commit, reject, advance · **To what, where:** fallacy, claim This is exam question 1 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world 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/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e1:1 # text = Identify the fallacy committed where a claim is rejected by reason of the age of the person advancing it. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fallacy fallacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 rejected reject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 advancing advance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fallacy | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fallacy=Theme | | 2 | **commit** | participle | | the fallacy *not said here* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reject** | present · passive | reason of the age of the person | a claim | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **advance** | gerund | the person *not said here* | claim | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer it=Patient | 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} Attacking the person rather than the claim ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e1:o1:1 # text = Attacking the person rather than the claim 1 Attacking attack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 7 cc _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** | gerund | | the person | | | | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} An appeal to tradition, since the old know best ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e1:o2:1 # text = An appeal to tradition, since the old know best 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 appeal appeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 since since SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | a appeal to tradition | best | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} A false dilemma ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e1:o3:1 # text = A false dilemma 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dilemma dilemma NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The fence-post error ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:e1:o4:1 # text = The fence-post error 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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