Test 14 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…

kids say the autistic girl "just wants attention" when she gets upset at noise. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, autistic girl, girl · What happens: say, want, get, pass on · To what, where: attention, noise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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	kids	kid	NOUN	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 girl	det
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 wants	advmod
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
9	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wants	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 attention	punct
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 gets	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gets	nsubj
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wants	advcl
14	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gets	xcomp
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 noise	case
16	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gets	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want in a quote	present	the autistic girl	attention			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attention=Theme
3	get	present	girl		noise	upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	pass on	infinitive		attention			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 lots of noise near her to test whether it's real

The tree, 14 words

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=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 noise	case
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lots	nmod
8	near	near	ADP	_	11 test	mark
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 test	nsubj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 test	mark
11	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	15 real	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 real	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 real	cop
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 test	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	lots of noise		tree rules
2	test	to-infinitive	her = she			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	noise		real property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, loud noise can be hard for autistic people; don't spread it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	loud noise					for autistic people; hard property	tree rules
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	loud noise not said here	noise					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, tell everyone in the class so they all stop feeling sorry for her

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 tell	iobj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 stop	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stop	nsubj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 stop	advmod
11	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	advcl
12	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stop	xcomp
13	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feeling	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feeling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	everyone	the class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	stop	present	they				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	feel	gerund	they not said here			for her = she; sorry property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, she just wants attention, everyone knows that, so pass it on

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wants	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wants	advmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knows	punct
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wants	conj
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 knows	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pass	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 pass	advmod
13	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knows	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pass	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	13 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	present	she	attention	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attention=Theme
2	know	present	everyone	that	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
3	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	attention	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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