Addition or consequence in an agreement summary
A learner reads two original Portuguese practice sentences: As delegações decidiram organizar um seminário. Além disso, acordaram em criar um grupo de trabalho. The proposed summary says that the seminar therefore caused the creation of the working group. Another learner points out that além disso introduces an additional agreement, not an established causal mechanism. In a separate French example, the source explicitly uses par conséquent to connect a reason with a result. The teacher asks students to distinguish the relations without assuming that every connector across languages has one mechanical equivalent. Nothing in the fictional passage identifies a real government or proves that either activity has already occurred. The exercise tests discourse interpretation through the supplied wording.
1. What relationship does the Portuguese example establish?
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It adds the working-group agreement to the seminar decision. It does not establish that the seminar caused the working group or that either planned activity has already been completed.
2. How should a cloze answer be justified?
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Check the grammatical construction and the relation supported by both neighboring statements. Explain why addition, consequence or contrast fits this particular text rather than choosing from a memorized English gloss alone.