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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: The deal makes no difference to migration
David Cameron failed to even negotiate on the area that the people of the UK most want changed; cutting migration. The only way to do this is to end freedom of movement through the Schengen agreement; something that was never on the table. As a result the changes are... | Migration is a benefit to the UK financially. Most migrants don’t claim benefits which is why such benefit rules changes will not make much difference. Cutting migration would be easier outside the European Union however even then there is unlikely to be scope to cut migration as far as skeptics want. Net migration fro... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: abortion
Stance: CON
Aspect: stop abortions | You ca n't stop abortions by outlawing them . |
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: No chance of an agreement with the USA
The German government has been working towards a ‘no-spy agreement’ with the United States. It however looks unlikely that such a deal will every become a reality with officials saying “we won't get anything” and “the Americans lied to us” about the chances of an agreem... | Officially talks are ongoing so an agreement is still possible. Moreover a failure to reach an agreement does not mean that Germany should act unilaterally. Restraint will in the long term mean Germany is much more likely to negotiate an agreement with the United States as they will be more willing to listen to an ally... |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Cheap air travel should be encouraged?
In recent years, many airlines offer to their customers more and more number of cheap flights. People have various different views about cheap air travel. Although there are good arguments in favour of this trend should be encouraged, I personally think that cheap flight c... | cheap flight can make many serious problem
cheap air fares have broadened travel possibilities for many people, particularly for the lower income group
These days, millions of people can travel around the world for work or pleasure
They can develop their careers, broad their knowledge, and interact with many other peop... |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Many of the bodies that are involved in determining whether it is safe for a refugee to return have perverse incentives that may lead them to deem a country of origin safe even when it is not. | It is impossible to guarantee safety, for the returning refugees, in the country of origin. |
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: Deborah Frances-White : His first response was not to say: This cannot stand
Proposition: Sir Keir Starmer's first response was not to say: This cannot stand | Restating |
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: Deregulation contributed to the banking crises and, therefore the 2009 economic crash
It is clear that the economic meltdown was, in large part, caused by deregulation of the banking and financial sectors. The Republican obsession causes not only environmental damage and low wages but it doesn’t even succeed... | The events of late 2008 had a variety of complex causes. To try and blame them on one thing alone is not to understand the problem.
What is clear however is that an active financial sector creates jobs and wealth for the American people providing them with the security of a job, a pension and a home in a way that gove... |
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: Freedom of expression is a political right
Freedom of expression is enshrined in the constitutions of all WLDs because it is a necessary political check on the government. For example article 10 in the European Convention on Human Rights [1] and The First Amendment in the United States. [2] The protection of... | All rights have to be balanced. Universities have a duty to ensure that everyone is protected and if one person’s right to free speech is infringing on another person’s right to safe access to education in a non-hostile environment then it is just to slightly infringe the first party’s right rather than entirely elimin... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: abortion
Stance: PRO
Aspect: help | It 's just like with gay marriage : there was n't any `` need '' for it until enough states started passing laws allowing it that eventually SCOTUS decided that even though federal law says it ca n't be banned , state governments could regulate it to such an extent that it helped everyone involved . |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Television has more bad than good in respect of bonds with family and friends
There are many interesting programs on television which anyone can enjoy at little cost. Compared to other hobbies such as going to theater or going to sports stadium, it is a very cost-effective hobby that gives viewer quiet a few in... | television has more bad than good
it has made people not to have conversation each other
they cannot make appointment or go out with their family or friends at that time
One who has favorite programs tends to be obessed with them when they are on air
they think the programs are so crucial to their lives
One of my frien... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: CON
Aspect: punishment | If they do n't have any other way to punish them ( like by making them go through all this trouble ) than just letting them live would probably be enough ... but it 's still too early to tell what kind of effect having more clones/phantasms in pve could have on PvP . |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: minimum wage
Stance: PRO
Aspect: market | But even though the government has raised its benchmark interest rates twice since November 2008 , inflation remains subdued and domestic consumption continues to grow despite sluggish global growth and weak exports due to the slowdown in China 's export sector and weakness in world trade caused by the financial crisis... |
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 is necessary for people to help one another and endure. | 0.717143623 |
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 United States is bound by a number of treaties that could, in theory, force it to get involved in a war if an ally is attacked. Consider, for example, the situation in Ukraine, a non-member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. If a NATO ally were to find itself under similar threat from Russia, the U.S. may f... | United States is bound by a number of treaties that could, in theory, force it to get involved in a war if an ally is attacked. Consider, for example, the situation in Ukraine, a non-member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. cast your mind to the South China Sea and its territorial disputes. If China were to en... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "It's the idea that everyone’s opinion accounts", target argumentative component: "the core of group working is "consensus"" | support |
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: ToE is a mechanistic theory -- it says life is like a machine. Machines aren't intelligent, they just do what they're made/programmed to do.
Response: Well, a pretty complex sort of machine, not at all like the kind (so far) intelligently designed by humans. And even if we do in the future inven... | 2.8 |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "A break gives students more benefits than harms", target argumentative component: "A break can disturb the focus of students and prove detrimental" | attack |
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: And who makes the decision, Rich? That's the issue, as I see it. I don't believe the government has any business in a woman's body.
Response: So you must be against Medicare and Medicaid. I assume you would also be against nationalized healthcare. \nThe government, rather the supreme court dictat... | 0.2 |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: How to learn children more efficiently
Education is undeniably pivotal for an individual. Although, it is agreed that learning by watching TV is more effective to some children, I find it difficult not to oppose against the idea of having students spend more time on TVs. The reason for this is traditional educa... | learning by watching TV suits some children
kids should never be encourage to engage in such passive activity
School has been applying traditional teaching procedure since for ages
it still performs at its best to equip a child with essential skills
teacher cannot be switched with some unconscious screens
classic teach... |
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: So even though this man is in no way an anti-evolutionist, even he had to admit that what had been not only assumed to be true about the coelacanth, but had been widely reported as a discovery which was supported by documented fossil evidence, was a complete myth. Which I believe and assert can ... | -1.0 |
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: More people are migrating to other countries than ever before
The last 50 years have seen an increasing number of immigrants to other countries. People moved due to a number of reasons, namely better educations or higher salary jobs. Some people thought that they should follow the local customs in order to inte... | Major claims:
they are able to sustain their cultural identities and doing so help they keep their origin values
sustaining the traditions will make the immigrated people keep their cultural identity and give them confident among the many culture society
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they are able to sustain their cultural identities and d... |
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: Multiple vaccines do not cause autism
In 1998, Dr, Andrew Wakefield started a big campaign against multiple vaccinations, when his research, published in The Lancet (a medical journal) a study on how MMR jabs increase the likelihood of children for autism. Because it was published in a well-known magazine it... | Even though major science research has shown that there is no link between syndromes such as autism and multiple vaccinations, a major aspect proponents of the theory claim is the ingredient “Mercury”, that may cause many of the problems for brain cells and other behavioral functions. For example according to a study, ... |
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: U.S. policies have helped create the cartels
A change in US immigration law in 1996 meant that non-citizens and foreign born citizens sentenced to more than a year in jail are deported. This moved the problem from the USA’s cities to cities in Central America creating new gangs that were already bound by tie... | These were alien criminals who should never have been in the United States in the first place. The blame for these people being able to create drugs cartels in Central America should not lie with the United States for deporting these people but with the Central American states for not then monitoring and controlling th... |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Every student either male or female should be given equal opportunity
In today's context, education is the most significant factor which ultimately determines one's future. In my personal opinion, I am totally agreed with the view that there should not be any room for partiality in terms of gender while alloca... | there should not be any room for partiality in terms of gender while allocating seats for students in every university courses
judging student's skills and abilities should only be based on their academic qualifications and talents rather than gender in particular
both male and female students are equally competitive t... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "when it comes to "happier", different type of jobs can be responsible factor", target argumentative component: "great achievement needs someone keen on one task for long time" | attack |
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: Universities cut across class and social divides in a unique way
University is a great equaliser. One positive side-effect of people going through university is that they are virtually guaranteed to interact with people who are different from them in all sorts of ways – including ethnicity, where minority gr... | Clearly, more tolerance is a good thing, but putting people through an expensive, three-year course with no career benefit is a sensible way to achieve this. As an example of an alternative, give more support to gap-year programmes and run them in such a way as to get an equivalent mixing. People will learn just as muc... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "majority of the games use war, violence, bloody, or sexual subjects to lure the students", target argumentative component: "time on this activity is really time wasting" | support |
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 wealthy nations support poor ones?
Whether wealthy nations should take responsibilities to help poorer ones, by means of providing infrastructures, or remain bystander of the global poverty, is an issue of controversy. Personally I think, as the privileged minority, wealthy nations have every reason to s... | Major claims:
as the privileged minority, wealthy nations have every reason to share their fortune with the poor
wealthy nations' offering in need is not only a moral deed, but also a worthwhile one which will one day pay off in other ways
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as the privileged minority, wealthy nations have every reason to share ... |
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: High sum of money of modern artist
The amount of money people earning sometimes is unfair. In a field of art, modern artist may receive high salary for their masterpiece creation while labors should be break their bone for years to get similar amount of money. Although some people view that government should be... | Major claims:
in this occasion the government is not granted to hand in
government cannot take steps to make the salary between modern artists and other job similar
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in this occasion the government is not granted to hand in
government cannot take steps to make the salary between modern artists and other job sim... |
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? | an austerity regime would negatively impact the weakest of our citizens. we cannot let them slip through the cracks. | 0.760663391 |
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 purpose of the military entering schools is not solely recruitment but awareness
Militaries provide a public service that too often goes unnoticed and underappreciated; school visits raise the level of understanding for the important job they do. In the UK the army publicly states that it does not direct... | However it is dressed up, all the military is interested in schools for is the chance to recruit students. The various educational materials (not always clearly marked as coming from the military) and courses on offer are all intended to interest students in a military career. Such methods are dishonest and should not ... |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: homeschooling does not give children social interaction.; Topic: Homeschooling should be banned | 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: I am a Christian, so I believe that the meaning of life is to be re-acquainted with God and to live your life in according to his Word. Which, in my opinion is a far better life than: "I\'m born of chance, I didn\'t ask to be here, I serve no purpose, so I might as well live egocentrically for t... | -1.0 |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "North American economists have published reports after scrutinizing the recent American economic situation that, technology is eliminating more jobs than creating one", target argumentative component: "many people's jobs are now at high stake" | support |
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: Collective Bargaining Hurts the Democratic Process
The bargain between normal unions and private enterprise involves all parties being brought to the table and talking about the issues that they might have. However, the public sector represents the benefits of taxpayers, the politicians and the unions. The p... | Collective bargaining might hurt the democratic process due to its political nature, but the alternative is worse. Without collective bargaining it is incredibly difficult for public sector workers to get across their ideas of what their pay should be to their employers. This leads to worse consequences because public ... |
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: Abortion
Quote: If only people would do what is right, there would be no abortions and thus no need to debate this issue. If you percieve that others are not listening to you perhaps you need to take a look at yourself and what you are posting. Don't blame me for your problems.
Response: You mean like allowing f... | -0.333333 |
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: What if the costs associated with the pregnancy were paid for along with a stipend? Would that have changed your mind? if not, why not. If so, why?\nHuck
Response: Right now, I might consider it, as I am now a few weeks away from my graduation. Back then, I would not, as I had just begun college ... | -0.4 |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | I was raised to be deeply suspicious of Christianity, but Christ's ideas as they are written in the Bible have always seemed to me very profound and worthy of attention. However, specific teachings turning the other cheek, being respectful of the poor, not judging unless you are prepared to be judged yourself are so ra... | Christ's teachings were profound and wise, but are so rarely put into practice by those who call themselves Christians that the religion has proven itself to be mostly useless as a moral code. |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: families need to be united and children deserve committed parents.; Topic: We should abandon marriage | con |
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: University education is needed for success
In today's modern and competitive society, it is undeniable that we must equip ourselves with plenty of knowledge and skills in order to shine and to be successful in life. Many opine that the aforementioned aspects are mostly obtained through learning in academic inst... | Major claims:
one can also shine without even having to attend universities
it would be wrong to say that one's success completely depends on the education he or she receives at the institutions
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one can also shine without even having to attend universities
it would be wrong to say that one's success completely... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "it is good to be lucky", target argumentative component: "depending on luck for everything is not good" | attack |
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. | In both the United States and Britain, democracy is reeling not just under its own natural weight but as a result of calculated outside efforts to exploit vulnerabilities and undermine trust. Russian interference in the U.S. election and the Brexit vote, along with other countries’ elections, has now been proved. Unles... | In both the U S and Britain, democracy is reeling not just under its own natural weight but as a result of calculated outside efforts to exploit vulnerabilities and undermine trust Russian interference in the U.S. election and the Brexit vote, along with other countries’ elections, has now been proved. Unless and until... |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "many people driving private cars could cause air pollution, and overusing plastic packages would affect the environment", argumentative component 2: "it is possible for ordinary people to participate in some actions of environment protection, and they also can benefit from the improvement of... | Yes |
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: It is common of these people today to refuse to obey the law, then blame the cops for not allowing them to act like they do.
Response: But it is o.k. for them to repeatedly break the law like yourself speeding again and again, as long as they sign the ticket.\nWhat hogwash.\n | -2.5 |
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: Responsibility is not the developed world’s alone
First developing countries now produce a large share of emissions; China, India and other rising countries should also have to pay. They also at the same time have increasing financial resources. Second even if countries bear responsibility in proportion to e... | In India 456 million people live on under $1.25 per day, [1] it is absurd to suggest that India despite having higher CO2 emissions than Japan, indeed almost double, [2] should have the same responsibility for cutting emissions, or for paying for the consequences.
[1] The World Bank, ‘New Global Poverty Estimates – Wh... |
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: Regulating the Internet is a means for governments to spy on their citizens
Governments around the world are tracking their citizens’ activities online. [1] They can use all sorts of techniques, like automated data-mining (i.e. via trawling your Facebook and Twitter accounts) and deep packet inspection of ea... | ‘Spying on the internet’ is nothing different from a normal police investigation
Obviously, governments also use the internet and social media to investigate suspects. But when they’re doing this, they’re only using information that’s publicly available online. The technical term for this is ‘OSINT’, which stands for ... |
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: Physical exercise
Although some people think that the major part of school schedule should be entirely devoted to academics, I truly believe that the physical education part should not be outweighed. Physical exercises help to create healthy nation, assist to learning through direct observation and finally aid ... | Major claims:
the physical education part should not be outweighed
the more attention is withdrawn to a problem of physical education, the more influence we can get on academic success of students
Claims:
the physical education part should not be outweighed
Physical exercises help to create healthy nation, assist to l... |
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 continuation of a conventional war would have been much costlier than an atomic attack
The US was planning for a massive invasion of the Japanese Home Islands (Operation Olympic). Nine divisions were to land on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. However the Japanese had ten divisions in southern Kyu... | The alternatives to either invasion or atomic bombing are covered in the previous counterpoint. It can only be said that none of them are without a high human cost, though invasion spearheaded by an atomic barrage is surely the worst. The principle of advantage of the conventional bombing option being that it would be ... |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: everyone should have the right to chose the direction they want to take, if someone is in unbearable pain with no quality of life then they should have the right to seek assistance.; Topic: Assisted suicide should be a criminal offence | con |
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: oh brother.. so what if a minority of americans wanted to legalize murder.\nthis is rediculous.
Response: You mean your hypothetical I presume? Murder violates the rights of the murdered by relieving them of their life. That's why it's illegal. \nYou're a bit slow I see. | -2.33333 |
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
This article provides an update on the ELIXIR-UK role in setting up and providing training resources and tools for both the UK and the broader ELIXIR community.
It provides a good overview of the activities conducted and work achieved since 2014.
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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 agrees or disagrees with the quote. -5 means strong disagreement, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong agreement. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: So that if a cecal valve became necessary the lizard was ready to go. Having the built-in redundancy makes this possible without missing a beat.
Response: "Ready to go", in the sense that living things are equipped with a means of making small errors which are used by natural selection to make n... | -0.833333 |
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: everything we do is to ensure that everybody can have a decent life
Proposition2: everything we do is not because of climate change | Default Rephrase |
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
This survey represents an important contribution to our understanding of career satisfaction among early career researchers.
As you note, many efforts have focused on the US, so this study is especially valuable in light of its focus on the UK.
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Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Prohibit public smoking?
The awareness on harmful effects from smoking among the general public has put much pressure on the government and private sectors. As a result, some businesses prohibit smoking in their premises and even some governments restrict smoking in public area. It is agreed that the move will ... | the effort to prohibit people from smoking in public area is certainly helping in curtailing the associated health risks and to create a healthy nation
the move will do more good by looking at the quality of health and image of a nation in long run
the number of fatality can be significantly reduced if a total ban on p... |
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: Abortion
Quote: Then go away. If you have no interest, then why on earth are you even here to debate?\nBesides this, you're trying to put killing human beings on the same platform as animals or organic plant life. I'd seriously suggest you reconsider your views on what exactly is more important. You cannot put t... | -2.33333 |
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: A strong leader is working in the state’s best interest
Putin’s authoritarian style is not a threat to democracy but rather a requirement for a successful and quicker transition. Having Putin control the media is probably healthier than having it be controlled by a corrupt few that promote their personal int... | Putting your hopes and trust in a single person can be fairly dangerous, particularly in a transition period. Putin is not the state and his ability to control and represent the state and the population at large is questionable. Putin is also not a saint and an example to be followed. His authoritarian tendencies do no... |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "athletes and singers deserve their current salary", argumentative component 2: "they have an exceptional ability that other people do not own" | Yes |
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: Instead of debating the facts, evolutionists will often resort to attacking the intelligence (or lack of it) in their opponent.
Response: No need. | -0.5 |
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 cause more accidents by shoddy driving and autonomous cars would reduce death rates on the roads. | 0.910433464 |
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: Successful people do something new or take risks
There is a hotly debated issue over whether successful people usually take risk or try new things, and the topic can be approached from several different angles due to its complexity. Some people tend to believe that to be successful, they should do something the... | Major claims:
successful people still do things they already know
doing what we already known can still leads us to succeed
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successful people still do things they already know
doing what we already known can still leads us to succeed
the advantages of this are relatively greater than that of the opposite
succe... |
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: The use of drones creates a precedent that other states may use.
The United States is the first state with a large number of drones and other unmanned military vehicles. It is also the first country to use them. This inevitably means that the US is creating the precedent for how they will be used in future. ... | Any other nation seeking to take a precedent from the use of drones would have to be involved in a conflict against a terrorist organisation that poses a credible, clear, and present danger and not be able to fight those terrorists by other means. The situation in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia is in many ways unique in ... |
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
In this manuscript authors presented a computational tool that extracts text and images from PDF files.
In general the manuscript is interesting considering that it can analyze various types of PDF files from different scientific areas based on the keywords and coordinates.
However, it... | Structure
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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: No, she misrepresented studies and took statistics out of context. Very right-wing.
Response: Really? Care to point out which facts she misrepresented? It is our contention that it's the pro-death advocates who misrepresent the facts in order to justify their infanticidal proclivities and justifi... | 0.0 |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "up to this day his luck has not appeared and problems have got further worsened", argumentative component 2: "those who believe in hard work are clear about their goals and know about their final destination" | Yes |
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 provided an R package for the QRISK3 algorithm to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease.
My main comment is related to the size of this package, which has only one simple function with two simple datasets.
I am not sure that this tiny package can be presented as an F10... | Structure
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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. | Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Violations of Mexican State Sovereignty The possibility of foreign terrorist organizations using Mexico as a base of operations for future attacks on the United States would have major implication on U.S. national security. Foreign terrorist organizations, most likely linked to Al-Qa... | Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Violations of Mexican State Sovereignty The possibility of foreign terrorist organizations using Mexico as a base of operations for future attacks on the United States would have major implication on U.S. national security. Foreign terrorist organizations, most likely linked to Al-Qa... |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "Once student's starts earning, they might not like to go back to studies where they would lose their financial independence", argumentative component 2: "Taking a break not just has benefits but it also comes with some negative impacts" | Yes |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: homosexuals have gotten their way on everything in society having a parade is ridiculous.; Topic: We should cancel pride parades | pro |
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: Individuals should only be held responsible for the consequences of their own actions
In any free and democratic society, criminal law should only hold people accountable for the things they do, not for the actions of others. We are all autonomous, moral agents who make decisions and have to live with their ... | Under this law, bullies would be held accountable for their own actions, not those of the victim. The law wouldn’t have to equate them with murderers, punish them as harshly, or suggest they bear sole and full responsibility for the victim’s death. But it would make it clear they bear some responsibility for the outcom... |
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.
But it contains valuable information that I think woul... | Structure
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Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Machines - positive or negative for humans
Advancements in technology have touched new heights in past few decades. This can be seen no where clearer than in increasing use of machines now a days. These machines reduce the physical work done by humans. Some people think that this is a positive development while... | using machines is advantageous
machines make work easy and smooth
The negative effects on health can be put on the back seat
there are many other ways to exercise and stay healthy
the usage of machines is harmful for health of humans
machines decrease the work done by people
in many institutions staircases are replaced... |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "it can help you to make your own conclusion or estimate", target argumentative component: "it is very important to know facts about some events or problem, not only estimations" | support |
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: 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 ... |
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
Needs more figures to demonstrate why a user would choose this tool.
For example http://leekgroup.github.io/regionReportSupp/bumphunter-example/index.html (but even better would be to show an example, e.g. ITGB2 exon inclusion/exclusion or multiscale DMRs, where in our hands at least, n... | Structure
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Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: Prostitution is an important way of personal financial empowerment that individuals should have access to.; Topic: We should legalize prostitution | pro |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: it is an unnatural act that must be eradicated because it is not natural; Topic: We should legalize sex selection | con |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "famous people are usually diligent people not lucky people", argumentative component 2: "when you work hard you decrease portion of chance in your success" | Yes |
Does the following argumentative component "attack" or "support" the target argumentative component? | Argumentative component: "people from other countries may be facing much more serious problems", target argumentative component: "International aid is critical" | support |
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: NOTE: When I say beneficial mutations, I am not talking about a gain of new genetic information to the genome.
Response: I see. Then you are attempting to define evolution out of existance. By your definition (not that of evolutionary biologists) evolution requires an increase in information. An... | -0.5 |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Saving/Spending money
In recent years the majority of developed countries have a low saving rate because the people opt to spend their earnings immediately or they even take loans to finance their expenses. But isn't it better to save your money for later investments or rough times? Im my opinion, saving some p... | saving some part of your earnings is essential
you can not predict future developments, neither in your professional nor your personal life, furthermore with savings you can fulfill some of your dreams
they had to move back in with their families and they lost their independence
They could not afford the rent
I remembe... |
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: Africa has invited ICC intervention
Far from the ICC being biased against Africa it is Africa’s embrace of the ICC and the opportunity for international justice that has led to so many Africans being tried at the Hague. The reality is that the only nations to refer themselves to the ICC have been African –th... | While these countries referred themselves, they did under enormous pressure from the ICC. The Prosecutors chose to ‘follow closely’ African cases to the exclusion of others and then actively invited these countries to refer themselves, under threat of seeking prosecutions on their own if the country did not comply [1] ... |
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: Frankly, I think it's about the only meaningful answer there is. Dawkins has famously said that ToE made atheism an intellectually defensible position, and he has a point. But it doesn't make it an intellectually mandatory one.
Response: And I think Steven Weinberg said something like science do... | 0.0 |
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: Experiences that have shaped your outlook and the way you live
Many circumstances that I experienced change the way I think. There are many experiences that are improve my life in many way. For example, I could improve the way that I solve problems, improve how I take care of my health, and improve to plan my l... | Major claims:
Many circumstances that I experienced change the way I think
experiences that shape my thinking and the way to live my life are teach me to be a better person
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Many circumstances that I experienced change the way I think
experiences that shape my thinking and the way to live my life are teach me t... |
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? | zoo animals are unnaturally confined | 0.74373705 |
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: Africa is overtly prosecuted
All of the twenty-four people currently indicted are African. Of the fifteen cases currently sitting before the court, all are African [1] . This in and of itself points to a large disparity between Africa and the rest of the world. It is also not at all true that Africa is the o... | While Africa is the only continent to face prosecutions, a number of other regions where atrocities have taken place are being heavily investigated, including Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Honduras and South Korea [1] . These are expected to lead to prosecutions occurring. So while Africa has had the focus during the... |
Generate an informative conclusion for the given argumentative text. | Anyone here who plays video games will know GTA V has been released and many adults, like myself, have been really excited about its release. This was however short lived excitement once I obtained this game. The driving was arcade type and vehicular damage is almost non existent. This is because of children, Rockstar ... | Video Games Rated M Need To STOP Catering Towards Children |
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: 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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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: School does not an education make
School attendance is not a positive outcome in and of itself. It should be encouraged only if it is conducive to learning and acquiring the meaningful education needed to break out of the poverty trap. Blaming the poverty cycle on kids failing to attend school ignores the fa... | Yet if kids aren't going to school anyway it doesn't matter if the schools are inadequate. Getting kids in schools is the first step to improving the education situation and the dropout rate. As long as we look at the education system in the US and around the world as dismal and overwhelming, nothing will change.
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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 nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: Because the correct alternative to the best naturalistic explanation scientists have come up with so far may well be an even better naturalistic explanation, not divine intervention.
Response: Really? Care to expound on that other natural explanation my christian brother? Or do you really mean a... | 1.0 |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: it can create jealousy and cause conflict.; Topic: We should legalize polygamy | con |
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: And what about the constitution of the United States? Are not all people conceived in this country deserving of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Response: Actually it's all men.\n | 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 is nasty or nice. -5 means strong nasty, 0 means neutral, and 5 means strong nice. | Topic: Evolution
Quote: Then a man who needs an artifical heart to survive is a new species of man. That is the analogy I gave, and you ignored.
Response: And well he should have ignored it. Your analogy is nonsense.\n | -2.4 |
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: SWFs should be welcomed for the benefits they bring rather than ostracized for doing what others do.
Developed countries are guilty of a great deal of hypocrisy in their attitude to the sovereign wealth funds of emerging economies. In the past their own companies were used as instruments of state power, for ... | The amounts sovereign wealth funds invest in the poorest countries is tiny compared to their overall portfolio. In 2008 the head of the World Bank Robert Zollick was attempting to persuade sovereign wealth funds to invest just 1% of their assets in Africa. [1] Investment by SWFs in Africa is not all good. Sovereign wea... |
Generate an argument that follows the given topic, stance and argument aspect. | Topic: cloning
Stance: PRO
Aspect: take | You could also make a clone of yourself and let it go out and try to take over the world while you 're sleeping . |
Mark the stance of the argument towards the topic as pro or con. | Argument: capital punishment is inhumane punishment.; Topic: We should abolish capital punishment | pro |
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: Please correct me if I am wrong, but does it not take a number of signatures to even get it on the ballot?
Response: Yes it does. They have the church organizations. In michigan in 2004 they had petition signing sundays in churches, a state wide organization to put marriage on the ballot. So why ... | 16.666700000000002 |
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: Abortion
Quote: Archangel is right on this one. It's completely absurd to compare a tumour to a healthy fetus, which has a separate blood system, and in a relatively short space of time will be an independent person...
Response: Archie is NOT right - he has an opinion, as we all do. Pro-lifers seem to want the d... | 0.285714 |
Identify all argumentative text spans in the following essay. | Essay: Roommates quality and their importance
Much has been said about the importance about good roommates and how roommates will affect our life in school. Research showed that friends that we made in university are more likely to be life time friends and this especially applicable to roommate. In my personal opinion... | Consideration and communication, in my personal opinion, are the most important quality
the most important quality of roommates is being considered
communication is also another essential particularity of a good roommate
Consideration is always important in relationship
roommate turns down the music or television volum... |
Are the two argumentative components below, taken from essays, linked? | Argumentative component 1: "Start with find cause of problem and the way to do research to solve the problem", argumentative component 2: "This experience change me to concern about making plan for my future life" | No |
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