Test 7 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities
Your friend says, "Sam has ADHD, so he is just bad." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Sam · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: ADHD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Your friend says, "Sam has ADHD, so he is just bad."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 6 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bad | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 bad | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bad | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 bad | cop |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 bad | advmod |
| 14 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 bad | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 bad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | Sam | ADHD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adhd=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Sam | bad property | tree rules |
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
ADHD means a child is lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lazy | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lazy | cop |
| 6 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | ADHD | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a child | lazy property | tree rules |
Option 2
Children with ADHD choose to wriggle just to annoy the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 ADHD | case |
| 3 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Children | nmod |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 wriggle | mark |
| 6 | wriggle | wriggle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 choose | xcomp |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 annoy | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 annoy | mark |
| 9 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wriggle | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 teacher | det |
| 11 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present | Children with ADHD | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wriggle | to-infinitive | Children with ADHD not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | annoy | to-infinitive | Children with ADHD not said here | the teacher | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus teacher=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
ADHD is a brain difference, not bad behaviour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 difference | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 difference | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 difference | det |
| 4 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 difference | compound |
| 5 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 behaviour | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 bad | advmod |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 behaviour | amod |
| 9 | behaviour | behaviour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 difference | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ADHD | a brain difference and bad behaviour | tree rules |
Option 4
ADHD goes away if you tell him off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 goes | advmod |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 tell | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 goes | advcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | iobj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 tell | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present | ADHD | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell off speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | you | ADHD | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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