Exam question 2 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

Which of the following most accurately characterises the history of breaking at the Olympic Games?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: history · What happens: follow, characteris, break · To what, where: history, Olympic Games

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 history	det
9	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 breaking	mark
11	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 history	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 Games	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Games	det
14	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Games	compound
15	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 breaking	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the history		accurately property	tree rules
3	break	gerund	the history not said here		the Olympic Games		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at game=Location

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was first contested at Paris 2024 and was not selected for Los Angeles 2028

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	4 contested	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 contested	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 contested	advmod
4	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Paris	case
6	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 contested	obl:agent
7	2024	2024	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 Paris	flat
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 selected	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 selected	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 selected	advmod
11	selected	select	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 contested	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 Los	case
13	Los	Los	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 selected	obl:agent
14	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Los	flat
15	2028	2028	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 Los	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contest	past · passive	Paris	It				first property	tree rules
2	not select	past · passive	Los						vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It has never been contested at any Olympic Games

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	5 contested	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 contested	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 contested	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 contested	aux:pass
5	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 Games	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 Games	det
8	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Games	compound
9	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 contested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not contest	present · perfect · passive		It		any Olympic Games			tree rules

Option 3

It has been contested at every Olympic Games since 1970

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	4 contested	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 contested	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 contested	aux:pass
4	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 Games	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 Games	det
7	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Games	compound
8	Games	Game	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 contested	obl
9	since	since	ADP	_	10 1970	case
10	1970	1970	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 contested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contest	present · perfect · passive		It		every Olympic Games	since 1970		tree rules

Option 4

It was first contested at London 2012

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	4 contested	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 contested	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 contested	advmod
4	contested	contest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 contested	obl
7	2012	2012	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 London	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contest	past · passive		It		London		first property	tree rules

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