diff --git a/spec_tests/javascript_tests.json b/spec_tests/javascript_tests.json
index 9b12c14e..fd4b2e7e 100644
--- a/spec_tests/javascript_tests.json
+++ b/spec_tests/javascript_tests.json
@@ -3383,7 +3383,7 @@
               }
             },
             "response": {
-              "HED": "Label/#"
+              "Description": "This is a response"
             }
           }
         ],
@@ -3413,7 +3413,7 @@
                   "face": "Statistical-accuracy/0.677, {response}"
                 }
               },
-              "response": "Label/#"
+              "response": "This is a response"
             },
             "events": [
               ["onset", "duration", "event_code", "response", "HED"],
diff --git a/validator/event/special.js b/validator/event/special.js
index 97734d66..eb5228fc 100644
--- a/validator/event/special.js
+++ b/validator/event/special.js
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ export class SpecialTagValidator {
     return tag._schemaTag.name in this.specialTags
   }
 
-  /** Check a list of tags for whether they can have children **/
+  // List of parsed hed tags that
+  mustBeGroup(tagList) {}
+
+  /** Check a list of special HEDTags tags for whether they can have children **/
   checkTags(tagList) {
     const issueList = []
     for (const tag of tagList) {
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ export class SpecialTagValidator {
     const topSubgroups = tagGroup.tag.filter((tag) => tag instanceof ParsedHedGroup)
   }
 
-  checktopTags(tag, topSubgroups) {
+  checkTopGroupTags(tag, topSubgroups) {
     const issueList = []
     if (this.isSpecialTag(tag)) {
       return issueList
diff --git a/validator/event/specialTags.json b/validator/event/specialTags.json
index 7424b1a9..7190340a 100644
--- a/validator/event/specialTags.json
+++ b/validator/event/specialTags.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "ERROR_CODE": "DEF_INVALID",
     "subgroupTagsNotAllowed": [],
     "defTagRequired": false,
-    "otherAllowedTags": []
+    "otherAllowedTags": null
   },
   "Def-expand": {
     "child": true,