--- title: Identify the device employed where a person, on being presented with… — Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the device employed where a person, on being presented with each successive piece of evidence that they had requested, demands evidence of a more exacting kind. 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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/189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:e1:1 # text = Identify the device employed where a person, on being presented with each successive piece of evidence that they had requested, demands evidence of a more exacting kind. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 employed employ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 on on SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 14 successive successive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 23 demands demand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 24 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 exacting exact VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 amod _ _ 29 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **employ** | past | the device | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **present** | gerund · passive | | a person *not said here* | | | | with each successive piece of evidence | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: with piece=Theme | | 4 | **request** | past · perfect | they | evidence *not said here* | | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent evidence=Recipient | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | present | a person | evidence of a exacting kind | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Precondition | | 6 | **exact** | gerund | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **evidence** | | | a exacting kind | | | | | nom evidence «cognition transitive»: of=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 {#o1} A false dilemma ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:e1:o1:1 # 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 2 {#o2} An appeal to tradition ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:e1:o2:1 # text = An appeal to tradition 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 appeal appeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Moving the goalposts ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:e1:o3:1 # text = Moving the goalposts 1 Moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 goalposts goalpost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | the goalposts | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent goalpost=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} A straw man ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:189-fighting-fair-no-straw-men-no-moving-goalposts-no-either-or:e1:o4:1 # text = A straw man 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 man man 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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