Exam question 3 · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…
It is given that a classmate is autistic. Select the response consistent with the established facts.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: classmate, you · What happens: give, be, select, establish · To what, where: It, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 324 «Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places of worship and museums, compliments, and classmates with autism, ADHD or hidden disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a classmate is autistic.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 autistic | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 classmate | det |
| 6 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 autistic | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 autistic | cop |
| 8 | autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a classmate | autistic 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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 response | amod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | ||||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Kindness helps them cope, whereas laughter worsens their stress
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helps | obj |
| 4 | cope | cope | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helps | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 worsens | punct |
| 6 | whereas | whereas | SCONJ | _ | 8 worsens | mark |
| 7 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worsens | nsubj |
| 8 | worsens | worsen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 helps | conj |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 stress | nmod:poss |
| 10 | stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worsens | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Kindness | them = they | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cope | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | worsen | present | laughter | their stress | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent stress=Patient | ||||
| 4 | stress | their = they | nom stress «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Autistic pupils prefer loud noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pupils | amod |
| 2 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 prefer | nsubj |
| 3 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 noise | amod |
| 5 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prefer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | Autistic pupils | loud noise | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus |
Option 3
Laughter helps them adjust more quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helps | obj |
| 4 | adjust | adjust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helps | xcomp |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 adjust | advmod |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 adjust | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Laughter | them = they | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | adjust | infinitive | them = they not said here | quickly property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Autism is a form of naughtiness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autism | autism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 form | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 form | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 form | det |
| 4 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 naughtiness | case |
| 6 | naughtiness | naughtiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 form | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Autism | a form | of naughtiness | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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