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description: ppl say the autistic boy "is just being weird on purpose" when he covers his ears. spread it? Test 18 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 18 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities

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ppl say the autistic boy "is just being weird on purpose" when he covers his ears. spread it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ppl, autistic boy, boy · **What happens:** say, be, cover, spread · **To what, where:** purpose, ears · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:t18:1
# text = ppl say the autistic boy "is just being weird on purpose" when he covers his ears. spread it?
1	ppl	people	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
10	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	covers	cover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
20	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ppl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the autistic boy |  |  | purpose |  | weird *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | present | boy | boy's ears |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination |
| 4 | **spread** | infinitive | ppl *not said here* | purpose |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, and make loud noises near him to test if he's faking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:t18:o1:1
# text = Yes, and make loud noises near him to test if he's faking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	noises	noise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	faking	fake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | loud noises |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |
| 2 | **test** | to-infinitive | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No, many autistic people find loud noise hard; don't spread it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:t18:o2:1
# text = No, many autistic people find loud noise hard; don't spread it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	autistic	autistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | many autistic people | loud noise |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **spread** | infinitive · do-support | many autistic people *not said here* | noise |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, he's showing off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:t18:o3:1
# text = Yes, he's showing off
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show off** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, but only to your friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:298-compliments-differences-and-disabilities:t18:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only to your friends
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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