Test 6 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…
A boy in class calls a classmate with ADHD «the naughty one». Why is that wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, that · What happens: call, be · To what, where: classmate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy in class calls a classmate with ADHD «the naughty one».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 class | case |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 classmate | det |
| 7 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 ADHD | case |
| 9 | ADHD | adhd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obl |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ADHD | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | a boy in class | a classmate | with ADHD | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent classmate=Recipient |
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: Why is that wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is fine if it is true
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 true | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 true | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 true | cop |
| 7 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | it | true property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← 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 3
It is fine to say, as long as it is true and the teacher agrees
The tree, 15 words
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fine | csubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 long | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 long | advmod |
| 8 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 say | advmod |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 true | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 true | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 true | cop |
| 12 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 long | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 agrees | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 teacher | det |
| 15 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 agrees | nsubj |
| 16 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | long property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | agree speech: agree | present | the teacher | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only teachers may call him that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 teachers | advmod |
| 2 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 call | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 call | aux |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | may | teachers | him = he | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme that=Result |
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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