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Test 11 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel

Kids call Theo weird for not following the game's rules. What's the fairest view?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kids, game, fairest view · What happens: call, not follow, rule, be · To what, where: rules · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» of the reflection 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: Kids call Theo weird for not following the game's rules.

nsubjcompoundxcompmarkadvmodadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootKidsNOUNcallVERBTheoPROPNweirdADJforSCONJnotPARTfollowingVERBtheDETgameNOUN'sPARTrulesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KidskidNOUNNumber=Plur2 callnsubj
2callcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3TheoTheoPROPNNumber=Sing4 weirdcompound
4weirdweirdADJDegree=Pos2 callxcomp
5forforSCONJ_7 followingmark
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 followingadvmod
7followingfollowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 calladvcl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 gamedet
9gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing11 rulesnmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 gamecase
11rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur7 followingobj
12..PUNCT_2 callpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1callpresentKidsweird propertyvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2not followgerundKids not said herethe game's rulesvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
3rulethe gamenom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=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.

Sentence 2: What's the fairest view?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETfairestADJviewNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 viewdet
4fairestfairADJDegree=Sup5 viewamod
5viewviewNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe fairest viewtree rules

The options

Option 1

He should copy everyone until he's normal

nsubjauxobjmarknsubjcopadvclrootHePRONshouldAUXcopyVERBeveryonePRONuntilSCONJhePRON'sAUXnormalADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 copynsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 copyaux
3copycopyVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 copyobj
5untiluntilSCONJ_8 normalmark
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 normalnsubj
7'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 normalcop
8normalnormalADJDegree=Pos3 copyadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1copyshouldHeeveryonevn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
2ispresenthenormal propertytree rules

Option 2

Being different means he should be left out

copnsubjnsubjauxaux:passccompcompound:prtrootBeingAUXdifferentADJmeansVERBhePRONshouldAUXbeAUXleftVERBoutADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 differentcop
2differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 leftnsubj
5shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 leftaux
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 leftaux:pass
7leftleaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 meansccomp
8outoutADP_7 leftcompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isgerunddifferent propertytree rules
2meanpresentdifferentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3leave outshould · passivehevn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Autistic kids think in their own ways; explaining the rules helps

amodnsubjcasenmod:possamodoblpunctcsubjdetobjparataxisrootAutisticADJkidsNOUNthinkVERBinADPtheirPRONownADJwaysNOUN;PUNCTexplainingVERBtheDETrulesNOUNhelpsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AutisticautisticADJDegree=Pos2 kidsamod
2kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur3 thinknsubj
3thinkthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_7 wayscase
5theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 waysnmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 waysamod
7wayswayNOUNNumber=Plur3 thinkobl
8;;PUNCT_9 explainingpunct
9explainingexplainVERBVerbForm=Ger12 helpscsubj
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 rulesdet
11rulesruleNOUNNumber=Plur9 explainingobj
12helpshelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 thinkparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentAutistic kidskids's own waysvn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2explain speech: assertgerundthe rulesvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic
3helppresentexplainingvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Theo is choosing to be weird to annoy them

nsubjauxmarkcopxcompmarkxcompobjrootTheoPROPNisAUXchoosingVERBtoPARTbeAUXweirdADJtoPARTannoyVERBthemPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheoTheoPROPNNumber=Sing3 choosingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 choosingaux
3choosingchooseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoPART_6 weirdmark
5bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 weirdcop
6weirdweirdADJDegree=Pos3 choosingxcomp
7totoPART_8 annoymark
8annoyannoyVERBVerbForm=Inf6 weirdxcomp
9themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs8 annoyobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1choosepresent · progressiveTheovn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2isto-infinitiveTheo not said hereweird propertytree rules
3annoyto-infinitiveTheo not said herethem = theyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

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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