--- title: What would happen if everyone judged ideas only by who said them? — Check the claim, not the person · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if everyone judged ideas only by who said them? Test 9 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 choice was wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Check the claim, not the person What would happen if everyone judged ideas only by who said them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** happen, judge, say · **To what, where:** ideas · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» of the world 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/world/188-check-the-claim-not-the-person/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t9:1 # text = What would happen if everyone judged ideas only by who said them? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 6 judged judge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **judge** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everyone | ideas | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent idea=Value | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | ideas *= idea* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | 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} Arguments would get much fairer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t9:o1:1 # text = Arguments would get much fairer 1 Arguments argument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | Arguments | | | | | fair *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t9:o2:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Good ideas from unpopular people would be thrown away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t9:o3:1 # text = Good ideas from unpopular people would be thrown away 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 unpopular unpopular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | would · passive | | Good ideas from unpopular people | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only true ideas would survive ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:188-check-the-claim-not-the-person:t9:o4:1 # text = Only true ideas would survive 1 Only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 survive survive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **survive** | would | true ideas | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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