Test 10 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

autistic kid in my class is flapping his hands, ppl are laughing

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class, kid ppl · What happens: flap, laugh · To what, where: hands

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	autistic	autistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ppl	compound
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 flapping	mark
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 class	nmod:poss
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flapping	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 flapping	aux
7	flapping	flap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 kid	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hands	nmod:poss
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flapping	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 kid	punct
11	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	13 laughing	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 laughing	aux
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flap	present · progressive	my class	class's hands					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
2	laugh	present · progressive	kid ppl						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Hold his hands still so he stops it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obj
4	still	still	ADV	_	1 Hold	advmod
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 stops	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stops	nsubj
7	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stops	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	his hands			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	stop	present	he	it					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

Option 2

Tell him to stop it, he's embarrassing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stop	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tell	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 embarrassing	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 embarrassing	cop
9	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
3	is	present	he			embarrassing property	tree rules

Option 3

Laugh along, it's only a bit of fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Laugh	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bit	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bit	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 bit	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laugh	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 fun	case
10	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here					along property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	it	a bit				of fun	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't laugh; be calm and kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 laugh	advmod
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 calm	punct
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 calm	cop
6	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 laugh	parataxis
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kind	cc
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 calm	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not laugh	imperative · do-support	you not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	infinitive		calm property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules

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