Test 18 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities

ppl say the autistic boy "is just being weird on purpose" when he covers his ears. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ppl, autistic boy, boy · What happens: say, be, cover, spread · To what, where: purpose, ears · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weird	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 boy	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 weird	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	10 weird	advmod
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 weird	cop
10	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 say	ccomp
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weird	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 purpose	punct
14	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 covers	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 covers	nsubj
16	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 weird	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 ears	nmod:poss
18	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 covers	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
20	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spread	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	ppl				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the autistic boy		purpose	weird property	tree rules
3	cover	present	boy	boy's ears			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination
4	spread	infinitive	ppl not said here	purpose			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Yes, and make loud noises near him to test if he's faking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 make	cc
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 noises	amod
6	noises	noise	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
7	near	near	ADP	_	10 test	mark
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 test	nsubj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 test	mark
10	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	advcl
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 faking	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 faking	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 faking	aux
14	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 test	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present		loud noises	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product
2	test	to-infinitive	him = he		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fake a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	he		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, many autistic people find loud noise hard; don't spread it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 find	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 noise	amod
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obj
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 find	advmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 spread	punct
11	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 spread	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 spread	advmod
13	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 find	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	many autistic people	loud noise				hard property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	many autistic people not said here	noise					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, he's showing off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 showing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 showing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 showing	aux
5	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 showing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show off	present · progressive	he						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, but only to your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 friends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 friends	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 friends	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 friends	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friends	nmod:poss
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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