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Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate with stance opposite to the given argument are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all counters to the argument’s stance. | Argument: Battlefield Rape is a concern
A prevalent theme in many nationalist conflicts is both sides attempting to extinguish the bloodlines of the enemy culture. This ethnic cleansing often leads to systematic rape of women and mass murder of men. For example, in the Bosnian Wars of the early 1990s, systematic rape ... | No woman will be working by herself. Military units work together, and if a woman were, for example, on patrol by herself, she is armed and can legitimately defend herself against an attacker.
In fact, women are a better presence in situations where rape is being used as a weapon of war. Local women are not going to t... |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments phrased as counters. | Argument: Not having children is environmentally friendly
The more people consume in the world, the greater the environmental damage. An average American produces 52 tons of garbage by the age of 75.* However, producing extra litter and pollution is not the only hazard that every child poses to the planet. Increasing ... | Not having children is not a good way to combat environmental problems. The real answer to environmental issues is developing clean technology and promoting ecological awareness. If we start to produce energy from renewable resources, switch to electrical transportation, recycle waste etc. we won’t need to reduce popul... |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: subsidizing stay-at-home dads would cost too much money. it would cost money to subsidize plus the dads would not be paying the taxes they would if working.; Topic: We should subsidize stay-at-home dads | con |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
- The table could be deleted, and the table information explained in the text.
- The names of all the hospitals are not necessary to mention.
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- Please discuss if the patient could be managed without the use of US and CT scans and j... | Structure
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Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: minimum wage
Stance: CON
Aspect: business | We 're not sure what will happen when they raise their prices again but this time around , many restaurants may decide to pass along these higher wages onto customers by raising menu prices and/or cutting back on staff hours so that they do n't make enough money to stay open ... which means fewer jobs and more uncertai... |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments. | Argument: Not all schools have police available to protect them.
All schools and schoolchildren need to be protected yet not all schools are anywhere near a source of protection. Arming some teachers is most urgent in areas police provision is scarce due to diminished funds. Places like Harrold county in Texas have a ... | This simply shows a need to either expand the law enforcement agencies or else have locals who are deputised. There is no need to turn schools into an armed environment in order to ensure that someone who is responsible who is armed is close enough to respond to any crisis at a school.
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Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments. | Argument: Defaulting would be the quickest route to economic recovery
Under the status quo, the Greek economy is only headed in one direction: deeper recession. There are no signs of the situation changing any time soon. Were the Greek Government to default on its debts, after a period of recession, conditions would q... | The proposition vastly understates the negative impact a default has on the local economy. It is unrealistic to compare Greece with Argentina. As a member of the Eurozone, the developments within the Greek debt crisis have a huge impact on nations suffering from similar problems, as well as the Eurozone as a whole. Mor... |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Legalising sex work will normalise sex by allowing it to be sold and purchased like any other service is. | Legalising sex work will reduce stigmas surrounding sex and sexuality. |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | if children are working as actors then it must impact their education as they wont be able to concentrate on their studies ? | 0.459929311 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is attacking or respectful. -5 means strong attacking, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong respectful. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: Equality is not defined by you or me. It is defined by the Creator who created men.
Response: Actually I think it is defined by the creator who created all women :p\nBut in reality your opinion is gibberish. Equality is, like every other word, defined by the people who use the language. Currently... | -0.714286 |
Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | When reading articles regarding U.S torture, you are almost guaranteed to find adjectives such as “brutal,” “harsh,” and “extreme” used to describe the torture by the CIA at Guantanamo (Mirkinson, 2014). Of course, we can’t forget the “enhanced interrogation” phrase that many also like to throw around. Though the findi... | articles regarding U.S torture , it continues to be difficult to find a news outlet that will use the “t” word when the Bush administration began using waterboarding as an interrogation method, many major media outlets stopped defining the practice as torture Media coverage of the Senate report has largely whitewashed ... |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | killing whales is a barbaric practice. | 0.670868224 |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: A state that outlaws murder cannot then turn around and murder prisoners in the name of the law. It is perverse and unjust.; Topic: We should abolish capital punishment | pro |
Detect illocutonary relations existing between locutions uttered in the dialogue and the argumentative propositions associated with them such as: Agreeing (share the opinion of the interlocutorn), Restating (rephrases a previous claim), Challenging (seeking the grounds for an opinion), Arguing (provides justification t... | Locution: Fiona Bruce : James are you getting the 9 thousand
Proposition: James is or is not getting the 9 thousand pounds | Pure Questioning |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: How can a museum about creationism show "Fossil" collections? Aren;t those more about supporting evolution? I am very puzzled!
Response: Fossils are evidence, not theory. They can be used in the construction of any theory, including creationism. Whether this is 'just' or not, is another issue. I... | 0.0 |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | entrapment should be legal because it catches criminals that were already looking to commit the crime anyway. | 0.978514495 |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Reservations in Canada receive great sums from the federal government. I realize this is in part of treaties from the 1800s that stated the Canadian government should be financially responsible for native Americans to provide the same programs taxpayers receive. The amount of money natives receive has been growing and ... | Why the government should continue funding native reservations and First Nations people in the way they do. |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
AutoAnnotate is a Cytoscape app that can make complex networks easier to interpret by clustering nodes and labelling the clusters with relevant terms.
Clusters can be collapsed into single nodes, greatly simplifying the network.
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Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate with stance opposite to the given argument are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all counters to the argument’s stance. | Argument: It was not necessary to use atomic weapons on a population centre
The first bomb, on Hiroshima was sufficient to achieve the objective of surrender without the use of the second bomb after only a very short period of time. There was only three days between the two bombings, an unpardonably short period. Comm... | The justification for the second bomb relies principally upon the argument that Japan would presume there was only one A-bomb if another was not dropped, so the destruction of Nagasaki was a necessary evil to force surrender just as much as that at Hiroshima. Indeed senior Japanese figures did argue that there was only... |
Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | Anti-war feminism rejects the conception of war as a discrete event, with clear locations, and a beginning and an end. It is not that we fail to distinguish between war and peace, or make distinctions between kinds of violence; but in our vision, and in contrast to much just war theory, it is crucial to not separate wa... | There is a continuum of violence Weapons of violence, and representations of those weapons, travel through interlocking institutions – economic, political, familial, technological and ideological. These institutions prepare some people but not others to believe in the effectiveness of violence, to imagine and acquire w... |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: we should end all economic sanctions because they cause harm to both countries by preventing free trade which in turn will cause an economic downturn.; Topic: We should end the use of economic sanctions | pro |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | minors sometimes might need cosmetic surgery if they have been badly burned or have a birthmark that causes pain and suffering. | 0.910201837 |
Given the following essay as context, and a list of argumentative components extracted from the essay. Label each argumentative component as "major claim", "claim", or "premise". | Essay: Telephones and emails have made personal communication less required
There are many advantage of these invention, telephones and email. Communication between people by using telephones and email made my life easier. I personally disagree with this notion that these types of communication, telephones and email, ... | Major claims:
I personally disagree with this notion that these types of communication, telephones and email, made people less personal
telephones and email do not make communication between people less personal
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I personally disagree with this notion that these types of communication, telephones and email, mad... |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments phrased as counters. | Argument: Legalisation reduces crime
The illegality of drugs fuels a huge amount of crime that could be eliminated if drugs were legalised. Price controls would mean that addicts would no longer have to steal to fund their habits, and a state-provided drug services would put dealers out of business, starving criminal ... | Drugs affect how people think, and they take away their ability to control their actions rationally, and so people on drugs are more likely to commit crimes. The US Drug Enforcement Administration states, “Crime, violence and drug use go hand in hand. Six times as many homicides are committed by people under the influe... |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: And because marriage is a government institution then they cannot discriminate against same sex couples and must provide the same benefits to them as is provided to straight couples. And it cannot be a separate institution either because separate is not equal.
Response: And upon what grounds ... | 0.0 |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | Banning cosmetic surgery for minors will create an unregulated black market that will be more physically dangerous. | 0.866333622 |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: flag burning prohibition is silly. it's just a piece of cloth with an assigned symbol and connotation. prohibition certainly seems to fly in the face of "freedom of expression."; Topic: We should prohibit flag burning | con |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: And if you\'ve ever read any of the speeches by PP\'s founder, you\'d also know that every child should be a WHITE CHILD, too. She was an extreme racist and started PP as a means of stopping the increasing number of poor blacks. There was no altruism involved in PP\'s "birth".
Response: And? What... | 0.0 |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Some pro-life activists will approach individual pregnant women in their community and attempt to convince them not to undergo abortion, which is more intrusive than doing so at the abortion clinic. | Introducing protest-free zones will lead to more radical and violent forms of protest. |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate with stance opposite to the given argument are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all counters to the argument’s stance. | Argument: The bidding process is too long, tying up funds and land
The bidding process takes too long. Bidding officially takes only two years (unless a city fails to make the shortlist), but most cities spend nearly a decade working on their bids. Obviously the bidding process costs money but it also ties up the land... | The bidding process is not too long and does not tie up funds or land that would otherwise be developed. Furthermore, the Olympic bidding process would not be as difficult, expensive or long if the benefits to the eventual victor were not deemed worth all the time and effort. The unsuccessful bids are not wasted, the p... |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | You have to be at the right place at the right moment in time. Many successful entrepreneurs will tell you that timing was essential. Which basically means luck. | Nope. The richest would be the ones with the highest income, which very often has nothing to do with intelligence. |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Undermines same-sex couples and single parent families as legitimate ways of raising children
As explained in the first proposition point, one of the primary functions of marriage is seen to be to raise children. Marriage is therefore seen as the best way to raise children. This undermines same-sex couples a... | The idea that the existence of marriage undermines other methods of raising children is ridiculous. This is equivalent to saying that making it legal for same-sex couples to adopt undermines raising children as a heterosexual couple or as a single parent.
Some people choosing to raise children in a certain way does no... |
Given the following essay as context, and a list of argumentative components extracted from the essay. Label each argumentative component as "major claim", "claim", or "premise". | Essay: I believe it is a good idea to build a large shopping center in our community
I believe that it is a good idea to build a large shopping center in our community. The following are my reasons.
In the first place, the establishment of a large shopping center will provide the residents a more convenient place to g... | Major claims:
it is a good idea to build a large shopping center in our community
I advocate building a big shopping center in my neighborhood, which will be beneficial to our community
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it is a good idea to build a large shopping center in our community
a large shopping mall provides a location for residents t... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: CON
Aspect: stupid | I think this whole thing with clones was pretty pointless because they are all basically the same person so there really isnt any difference between them other then their looks which can easily be changed ( like Naruto does ) but still its kind of stupid when you look at narutos chakra and compare it to kakashi who has... |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: Evolutionists like to think that Selection can reverse the effects of biological decay. They\xe2\x80\x99ve argued this for decades.
Response: True.\n | 0.0 |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments phrased as counters. | Argument: Distance
The Falkland Islands are 8000 miles from the UK – in the modern age it is absurd that one country can claim sovereignty over land halfway across the globe from it.
The needs and wishes of the Falkland islanders would be much better served if the government responsible for them was local.
Candidate... | Proximity is a poor reason to make a claim to sovereignty as the Falklands lie outside the 200 mile limit that Argentina claims in the southern Atlantic. [1] The Falkland Islands today have effective self-government. They have their own elected legislature and an independent judiciary. The islands are also economically... |
Detect illocutonary relations existing between locutions uttered in the dialogue and the argumentative propositions associated with them such as: Agreeing (share the opinion of the interlocutorn), Restating (rephrases a previous claim), Challenging (seeking the grounds for an opinion), Arguing (provides justification t... | Locution: Tim Stanley : Am I willing to delay getting the vaccine just as the country is opening-up
Proposition: is Tim Stanley willing to delay getting the vaccine just as the country is opening-up | Assertive Questioning |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Murdoch is effective at selling news
The first criteria for fitness to control a media company should be the ability to bring people the kind of content that they want to consume at a price they are willing to pay. Murdoch is undoubtedly good at this. When he took over the Sun in 1969 the sun was selling jus... | The Sun and the News of the World sold newspapers through sensationalism and sex, not content that was in the public interest. As such Murdoch’s success at selling newspapers should not have any bearing on whether he is a fit person to be in charge of a media corporation.
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Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: CON
Aspect: worse | If you 're going to do anything with your life outside of playing video games then you need to stop being such an entitled little shit about it and realize that there will always be shitty clones out there trying to cash in on your hard work for nothing but making yourself feel better when all you 've done is put up wi... |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response agrees or disagrees with the quote. -5 means strong disagreement, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong agreement. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: Evolution it seems can contain tautology, mutually exclusive theory, and redundant terminologies.
Response: Evoluition: Change in allele frequency in a population over time.\nSo....where is your tautology, mutually exclusive theory, and redundant terms? I'm not seeing it there.\nOr are you argui... | -2.0 |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | The government has a duty to relieve suffering. As cannabis can do that, it should be legal. | Cannabis should be legalised for medical use in the UK. |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: Hey, I'm a 7th grader. You've got to give me some props... :D\nYes, I do classify myself as a scientific newbie. But I am definitely by no means illiterate.
Response: Well...\nYou can apparently read, but what you have apparently chosen to read - and accept - says much. | 33.3333 |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "Not only students but also everyone could get more information and knowledge", target argumentative component: "people can gain more knowledge by using the internet, the most useful technology in the world" | support |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All counters in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments phrased as counters. | Argument: U.S. demand for drugs
It is the rich US that creates the demand for drugs in the first place. Without this demand the price of drugs would be low and the profits of drugs trafficking through Mexico to the USA would disappear. In 2010 an estimated 22.6 million Americans aged 12 or over were illicit drug users... | Mexico has its own problems with drugs consumption so the demand problem can’t all be blamed on the US. Mexico City's former chief of police, Gertz Manero has said there are now 4.5 million crimes a year committed in Mexico. "90% of those are stealing or are related to stealing. And 90% of those are for less than 8,000... |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Technology impact on people
Nowadays, the Earth has become like a small village. In the course of the last hundred years, the way majority of people communicate with each other has been altered significantly because of technology. But there are vast amount of disputes whether it is positive or negative. From my... | this development was a very positive one
the development of technology impacted on the means of communication among people very positively by making it easier and more comfortable
Technology revolutionized the way we communicate
it is almost possible to do everything without tete-a-tete
nowadays, to keep in touch with ... |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: The idea of abortion as population control is absurd, especially forced abortions as someone mentioned a few posts ago. Anyone who has read a biology book knows the world has methods of population control on its own, we don\'t need to be doing stuff like that ourselves.\nThis stat sounds more tha... | 1.66667 |
Detect the argumentative relations between the propositions identified and segmented in an argumentative dialogue. Such relations are: Default Inference (provide a reason to accept another proposition), Default Conflict (provide an incompatible alternative to another proposition), Default Reformulation (rephrase, resta... | Proposition1: not sure if we can get more carbon neutral ways up and running for Christmas
Proposition2: now HGV drivers are not allowed to take their wives with them for insurance and things like that | No Relation |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | the organ trade can provide a greater supply of organs which could save many lives. | 1.0 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response agrees or disagrees with the quote. -5 means strong disagreement, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong agreement. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: You are making some false assumptions.\nHowever, I guess you are unable to read. I definately know you can't read in context.
Response: Yep, he dodged it again. Care to explain your views on Creation in the Tanakh for the folks here? | -1.4 |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Universal benefits of human rights
All humans benefit from the protection of the human rights of others. For example, a society which guarantees the security of person for all its inhabitants means every individual can feel assured of their safety and thus live a happier and more productive life, whereas in ... | The recognition and enforcement of fundamental human rights would and does not benefit everyone equally. For example a strong man in a society where he can use the threat of his strength to cause others to serve him against their will stands to lose his comfortable life, in which he is happier, if the weaker men's righ... |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: The complex controls over enrolment
Suggesting investments are required in teachers limits a recognition of the multiple forces creating barriers to achieve a right to education. Universal education is constrained by political, socio-cultural, and economic, structures.
Firstly, gender inequalities in educat... | Fundamentally, structures cannot be changed without development. Human capital however, provides a means of development. Studies have shown the positive role human capital - a composite measure of education and knowledge - has on a nation’s development.
The AfDB have shown that enhanced human capital amongst Africa’s ... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: PRO
Aspect: free | Cloning is legal in Britain as long as it does n't involve human reproduction - but only if there is no chance that the embryo could develop into a baby ( which would require more research ) . |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: a judge shouldnt be able to show their personal views.; Topic: We should limit judicial activism | pro |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: No, it wasn't. Given the number of scientists one might assume that at least one would confuse his science with his religion. It seems that according to AIG, 182 actually do.
Response: Hundreds of thousands of atheist scientists do too, since common ancestry with apes harmonizes perfectly with t... | 1.66667 |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | people should be free to decided what and how they want to eat | 0.827153801 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response agrees or disagrees with the quote. -5 means strong disagreement, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong agreement. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: I still find it ironic that so many people actually construe the 9th amendment to achieve a magical number of rights.
Response: Well, one has to use something to make the Constitution say something that it does not say; especially if it doesn't say something that one really, really, really wants ... | 0.8 |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "They communicate less with their parents", argumentative component 2: "they spend a lot of money to buy a lot of beauty products or go to gym to get better appearance or body" | No |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Homework is an essential part of education, allowing students to learn information beyond that which they are taught at school.
Homework is a vital and valuable part of education. There are only a few hours in each school day – not enough time to cover properly all the subjects children need to study. Settin... | Homework is not an essential part of information. If what was to be learnt from homework was that essential, it would not be left to the child to learn on their own and away from school. In fact, many teachers admit to simply setting homework because they are expected to set it, not because they think it will be helpfu... |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | collectivism erodes individuality and is repressive on the individual therefore we should strongly oppose it. | 0.787191798 |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments. | Argument: Many plays don’t lend themselves to video review
There are two types of plays that defy instant replay. The first is one that would belong to a longer sequence of events, called “continuation plays.” Often, when an umpire makes a call, the ball is still in play, and more plays might follow. A commentator off... | If a play is part of a longer sequence of events, then don’t use video review for that play. Only permit it for when the ball is dead or play stops immediately upon the conclusion of the play. Continuation plays can easily be placed outside the scope of instant replay.
Also, there’s no such thing as “normative” calls ... |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
I understand that this article is included in the Elixir report collection and it does, in fact, read like a report.
If one is very familiar with Elixir, it probably makes sense, but if one isn't, then it is a bit confusing to read.
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Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is attacking or respectful. -5 means strong attacking, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong respectful. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: I don't think so.
Response: Well, I still do think so. Never did I receive any scientifically reasonable answer to that. ( I\'ve asked many "authorities")\n | 0.0 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: Anyone who preaches against my people are not a nice guys.
Response: Well, I don't think that is a good way to look at people.\n | 1.6 |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | We should ban naturopathy because simple it is not safe some of them do not qualify to diagnose and treat and whatever they suggested to heal the body not necessarily will work for everyone. | 0.90952157 |
Given the following essay as context, and a list of argumentative components extracted from the essay. Label each argumentative component as "major claim", "claim", or "premise". | Essay: Mobile phones: faster communication vs social problems
Recently, there has been a social concern with regard to whether or not mobiles phones have negative effects on our social life. Indeed, mobile phones have widely been used by people of all ages. However, I believe, this great invention in the 21st century ... | Major claims:
this great invention in the 21st century causes many problems in our society
it also gives rise to many social problems such as children's social skills and their mental health
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this great invention in the 21st century causes many problems in our society
mobile phones make our communication faster... |
Detect illocutonary relations existing between locutions uttered in the dialogue and the argumentative propositions associated with them such as: Agreeing (share the opinion of the interlocutorn), Restating (rephrases a previous claim), Challenging (seeking the grounds for an opinion), Arguing (provides justification t... | Locution: Andy Burnham : I don't agree with David on this
Proposition: David Davis would have done the same thing as Boris Johnson in regards to Matt Hancock | Disagreeing |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: No Electrolyte, science lies! here is the undisputed truth:\nNoah and his three sons traveled the globe, collected two representatives of each species (or seven of each clean species depending on the chapter). They crammed these critters in a sea worthy vessel made exclusively of gopher wood. Th... | -0.666667 |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | At the core, Aristotle argued that we should base our knowledge off observations about the world, while Plato said that the material world was unreal and we should base our beliefs on pure reason. This split divides Western Philosophy, as the debate continues through the millennia. For some reason. No modern invention ... | Plato is vastly overrated and Aristotle is way better. |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
The authors have made a pipeline integrating differential RNA-Seq expression analysis with ChIP-Seq analysis and implemented it through the GenomeSpace platform.
Though as mentioned by the authors in the paper: this is a commonly performed bioinformatic task, their aim is to make this i... | Structure
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Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Gives power to military coup leaders
Assistance from the US would ensure that the coup leaders of Guinea Bissau remain in power. The securitisation of issues such as drugs and ‘terror’ is encouraged by the United States. A major problem with this policy is that it provides undue power and legitimacy to those... | Part of the financial assistance received by countries on the front line of the drug war is a fund for ‘strengthening of democratic institutions’. Plan Columbia, the USA’s attempt to reduce drug cultivation, saw 27% of all funding going towards democratic initiatives1. In a review by the Congressional Research Service ... |
Detect illocutonary relations existing between locutions uttered in the dialogue and the argumentative propositions associated with them such as: Agreeing (share the opinion of the interlocutorn), Restating (rephrases a previous claim), Challenging (seeking the grounds for an opinion), Arguing (provides justification t... | Locution: Hyewon: Helle Thorning-Schmidt : because it is an investment for the amount of money that these venues in Manchester
Proposition: many people would book the ticket | No Relation |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Lumos is a spell which sends light from the tip of a wand, to be used as a torch. | There are many useful and simple spells that wizards learn and are able to use frequently. |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "Computers and modems bring works to home but these still have many things distract their mind", argumentative component 2: "interaction help employees improve their communicational skills" | No |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments. | Argument: Having children is emotionally draining for parents
The level of emotional involvement in bringing the child up is immense. Parents pour all their souls into children, who, in turn, often leave them disenchanted and exhausted. Parents also have to share their child’s problems, fears and traumas, so that the ... | Having children enriches parents emotionally. The experience of parenting triggers deep and genuine emotions, which parents would not experience otherwise. Attachment, caring, compassion, understanding, moral outrage, joy, and wonder are all inevitably a part of parenting. Many parents claim that they have never loved ... |
Detect illocutonary relations existing between locutions uttered in the dialogue and the argumentative propositions associated with them such as: Agreeing (share the opinion of the interlocutorn), Restating (rephrases a previous claim), Challenging (seeking the grounds for an opinion), Arguing (provides justification t... | Locution: Tim Stanley : why are you banging on about it?
Proposition: John Ashworth and Daisy Cooper are banging on about the Prime Minister receiving donations | Challenging |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: CON
Aspect: reproductive rights | I do n't think that the right to have an abortion is a `` basic human '' right , and it 's not even close to being equivalent in importance as bodily autonomy or reproductive rights are for women . |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, decide to what degree (between 0 and 100) the response is sarcastic. 0 means not sarcasic and 100 means very sarcastic. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: I beg to differ. If you read Mark 10:6-9, it explains that a man and woman are made for each other and if a man puts his wife away and marries another, it is adultry.\nIf this man was a preacher, it looks like he would show where the Bible says that a woman and woman should get married in ord... | 20.0 |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: Overregulating think tanks sets a dangerous precedent
The public scrutiny on think tank funders may backlash on perfectly innocent investors. Investors may be accused of corruption if think tanks that share their values independently reach favourable conclusions. Alternatively, minor investors may become gui... | This is not an inherent flaw in the system. In the status quo, large investors can still publically advertise the fact that they are funding a project, and this too can have repercussions and bring negative associations for other investors. It is a risk anyone makes when investing in a given idea. The right to privacy ... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "reducing the proportion of violent content in TV shows could, to some degree, decrease the overall crime rate", target argumentative component: "it would be rather necessary for governments to establish an intensive law that prevents teenagers from watching these violent and brutal TV Shows an... | support |
Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | The world has its eye on the trade war between the US and China, but a more dangerous confrontation between the two nations is playing out in the background: the worsening disagreement over the "One China" policy. Last week, Reuters reported that Washington was on its way to approving $2 billion worth of arms sales to ... | approving $2 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan. Taiwan is the thing the Chinese care most about hands down," said Susan Thornton, a former assistant US secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. Anything where the US is interfering with Taiwan hits a national third rail." under which the US acknowledges... |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Keeping animals in zoos
Since the time they were introduced zoos have both been supported and criticized. Many believe that zoos could be very entertaining and ecologically important, whereas, others think that keeping animals in captivity is totally wrong. Both sides will be discussed before a reasonable concl... | more good come from zoos than bad
both of the arguments have strong supports
keeping animals in captivity is wrong
animals should be considered non-human persons and they should have the right of having freedom
This is so unfair for them to be taken out of their natural environment and to be kept in small enclosures
ma... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: CON
Aspect: stop | I think the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is for good guys with guns to shoot them first , and that 's not happening in this case because of some stupid law about `` assault weapons '' or whatever bullshit they 're trying to push through Congress . |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "The fact that a company is a large one, this means that it's having a considerable success", argumentative component 2: "a large company can give better salaries than a smaller one" | Yes |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "the number of unemployment rate has risen to 15 percent in several globalized and non-globalized countries", argumentative component 2: "Many well-qualified and well-educated person cannot earn some money to live comfortably" | Yes |
How high is the likelihood (0 - 1) that you would recommend your friend to use the following argument as is in a speech supporting/contesting the topic, regardless of your personal opinion? | cosmetic surgery forminors is necessary especially for those who have suffered from devastating accidents that have deformed their bodies | 0.909449159 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response agrees or disagrees with the quote. -5 means strong disagreement, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong agreement. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: A gay man can marry any woman that will have him. A lesbian can marry any man that will have her. You are not denied the right to marry...so long as you comply with the rules of marriage...including the one about one male and one female.
Response: emoticonXFrazzled\nFrankly, that\'s like sayi... | -2.6 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is emotional or factual. -5 means strong emotional, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong factual. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: This has nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
Response: Well... someone hasn\'t been following the campaigns for the so-called "protection of marriage" amendments, federal or state. | 1.33333 |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is attacking or respectful. -5 means strong attacking, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong respectful. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: That was the underlying agenda which motivated this racist jerk who also happens to be black.
Response: Indeed the court's reasoning may have been as racist as your own. \nIndeed, the article describes how the court's reasoning was even a surprise to the police officers' attorney because it was s... | -1.66667 |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate with opposite stance are candidates. The task is to find the best among all on-topic counterarguments. | Argument: The state provides functions which are utterly essential.
Anarchist groups are very naive in believing that we could survive without states, states provide a countless functions that would not exist otherwise. Things like the fire service would be very hard to organise as a community, it is likely that that ... | COUNTERPOINT
These could still be provided in a different way. These issues can be dealt with quite sufficiently within small communities, in the case of a fire people the whole community would likely assist in fire-fighting duties whilst equipment could be owned communally.
Anarchist communities do not necessarily h... |
Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | Over the past four decades, multiple experiments have been performed to estimate the response of plants to higher concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) under field conditions. Agricultural crops have been of particular interest due to the strong concerns for future food security and safety [1] and to explore the poten... | experiments have been performed to estimate the response of plants to higher concentrations of CO2 crops have been of particular interest due to the strong concerns for future food security and to explore the potential advantages of the fact that rising CO2 may stimulate plant growth The I P C C projected that CO2 conc... |
Given an argument, which of the candidates is the best counterargument to it? All arguments in the same debate irrespective of their stance are candidates. The task is to find the best counterargument among all on-topic arguments. | Argument: Alternative renewables are inefficient for the cost
Nuclear power is the most practical renewable energy source as all the others face major difficulties either in scaling up to provide enough to be a major component of nations energy mix, don't provide energy all the time, the 'base load', or cause other en... | Nuclear power is itself inefficient: For every three units of energy produced by the reactor core of a U.S. nuclear power plants, two units are discharged to the environment as waste heat. Nuclear plants are built on the shores of lakes, rivers, and oceans because these bodies provide the large quantities of cooling wa... |
Given the following essay as context, and a list of argumentative components extracted from the essay. Label each argumentative component as "major claim", "claim", or "premise". | Essay: Should people be forced to stop working?
The appropriate age at which a person should stop working is now a much debated issue in the society. Some opine that people should be given the option to choose when they want to call it a day while others oppose this notion. In my personal point of view, the right age ... | Major claims:
the right age for a person to retire should be around 60 years old
strongly agree that age should be set as a criterion for people to retire at the aforementioned age
it is indeed evident that age limit should be set for retirement
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the right age for a person to retire should be around 60 years ol... |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Giving mobile phones to the unemployed
Today, the rate of unemployment is on the rise and is seriously being debated by many. Some opine that the best method to minimize this problem is by providing the unemployed with hand phones that have access to the Internet. They also believe that this solution is the mos... | giving those with no work a mobile phone each is a total waste of money
providing those who are jobless with mobile phones that are accessible to internet is not a proper and the best way to trim down the rate of unemployment
when people without jobs have hand phones that have access to the Internet, they will be able ... |
Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is attacking or respectful. -5 means strong attacking, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong respectful. | Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: BUt it comes down to gay people being harmed by not being allowed to marry. Any time a group is excluded because of someone elses religious beliefs that group is harmed.
Response: Marriage is a secular condition set up by various Societies over the millenia and one of the prerequisites set ou... | 1.33333 |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
The article describes an R package (gprofiler2) that wraps around the REST interface of a g:Profiler web service.
The paper outlines the method used to access the API, and explains that providing an R API makes it easier to integrate with the functionality of other R packages.
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Given a topic, a quote (a statement) and a response to the quote, on a scale from -5 to 5, decide to what extent the response is attacking or respectful. -5 means strong attacking, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong respectful. | Topic: Abortion
Quote: "Abortion is not murder. Murder is illegal. Since Abortion is legal, it cannot be murder."\nThis is the formal structure of the ridiculous and false arguments to suggest that abortion is not murder.\n"It cannot be murder, because abortion is legal." Amazingly, you citizen-slaves fall for this ill... | 3.8 |
Select the pragmatic category (the communicative purpose) for each sentence of the given peer review. The pragmatic categories are Recap (summarizes the content without evaluating it), Strength (express an explicit positive opinion), Weakness (express an explicit negative opinion), Todo (recommendations and questions),... | Reviewer response for version 1
Weber and Soneson present HDCytoData, a Bioconductor data package providing pre-formatted high-dimensional cytometry data.
The preparation of the datasets as SummarizedExperiment and flowSet objects makes these amendable for benchmarking, a crucial step when developing new methods.
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Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | U.S. conventional arms sales may prevent nuclear proliferation by demonstrating U.S. alliance commitment to the arms recipient. This dissertation understands military alliances as having two components: (a) a formal security guarantee expressed verbally or in writing and (b) visible displays of military support for the... | conventional arms sales may prevent nuclear proliferation by demonstrating U.S. alliance commitment to the arms recipient Selling conventional arms is an important way the United States provides military support to its ally. Security guarantees range from unilateral declaratory statements to not attack a country to mut... |
Create a word-level extractive summary of the argument by “underlining” and/or “highlighting” the evidence in such a way to support the argument being made. | After a military coup removed the country’s first democratically-elected leader in 2013, the US administration decided to cut its substantial military aid to Egypt and to delay planned deliveries of military equipment including F-16 combat aircraft. The souring of relations between Egypt and the US was a driving factor... | After a military coup in 2013, the US decided to cut its substantial military aid to Egypt and to delay planned deliveries of military equipment including F-16 combat aircraft The souring between Egypt and the US was a driving factor for strengthening the relationship between Egypt and Russia Russia was quick to confir... |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | I'm a current nursing student, and while having a discussion about where nursing was going, one of my friends made the comment that nursing was only a trade and not a profession. I didn't want to believe him but after thinking about it, I think he's correct biased on the following two factors. 1 There's nothing that nu... | Nursing is a trade and NOT a profession... |
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