Test 6 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities
A classmate who is autistic gets upset when the timetable changes suddenly. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, timetable · What happens: be, get, change
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A classmate who is autistic gets upset when the timetable changes suddenly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 classmate | det |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 autistic | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 autistic | cop |
| 5 | autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 classmate | acl:relcl |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | xcomp |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 changes | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 timetable | det |
| 10 | timetable | timetable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 changes | nsubj |
| 11 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | advcl |
| 12 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 11 changes | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a classmate | autistic property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | a classmate | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | change | present | the timetable | suddenly property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Changes are easy for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Changes | change | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 easy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 easy | cop |
| 3 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 easy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Changes | for everyone; easy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Sudden changes can be hard for many autistic people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 changes | amod |
| 2 | changes | change | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hard | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | cop |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 people | amod |
| 8 | autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 people | amod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | Sudden changes | for many autistic people; hard property | tree rules |
Option 3
She is being difficult on purpose to get her own way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 difficult | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 difficult | cop |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 difficult | cop |
| 4 | difficult | difficult | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 difficult | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 difficult | csubj |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 way | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 way | amod |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | purpose | difficult property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | her own way | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
Option 4
She will be fine if you shout
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 shout | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 shout | nsubj |
| 7 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | She | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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