Test 7 · ★ · Visiting, thanking for presents, waiting to speak, places…
The fire drill bell is loud and an autistic boy in the class is very upset. What can a classmate do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: drill bell, autistic boy · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ 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: The fire drill bell is loud and an autistic boy in the class is very upset.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bell | det |
| 2 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drill | compound |
| 3 | drill | drill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bell | compound |
| 4 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loud | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 loud | cop |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 upset | cc |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 boy | det |
| 9 | autistic | autistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 boy | amod |
| 10 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 upset | nsubj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 class | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 class | det |
| 13 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boy | nmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 upset | cop |
| 15 | very | very | ADV | _ | 16 upset | advmod |
| 16 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 loud | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 loud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the drill bell | loud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a autistic boy in the class | upset 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 can a classmate do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 do | det |
| 4 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | compound |
| 5 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Laugh and tell him it is only a silly bell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 tell | cc |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | conj |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 bell | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 bell | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 bell | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bell | det |
| 9 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bell | amod |
| 10 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | a silly bell | tree rules |
Option 2
Ring a bell again to help him get used to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ring | ring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bell | det |
| 3 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ring | obj |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Ring | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ring | advcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| 9 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | imperative | you not said here | a bell | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | |||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | use | participle | him = he not said here | bell | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stay calm, be kind and give him space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kind | punct |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kind | cop |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 give | cc |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | iobj |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | infinitive | you not said here | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | infinitive | you not said here | space | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient space=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell the teacher he is just being dramatic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dramatic | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dramatic | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 dramatic | advmod |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 dramatic | cop |
| 8 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | teacher | dramatic property | tree rules |
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