Exam question 3 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the claim that Irish dancers concealed their arms from rulers.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, Irish dancers · What happens: select, establish, concern, conceal · To what, where: response, claim, arms, rulers

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 claim	det
11	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 concealed	mark
13	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 dancers	amod
14	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 concealed	nsubj
15	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 claim	acl
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 arms	nmod:poss
17	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 concealed	obj
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 rulers	case
19	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 concealed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the claim			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus claim=Experiencer
4	conceal	past	Irish dancers	dancers's arms	rulers		vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent arm=Patient from ruler=Beneficiary

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

Historians report no evidence supporting the claim

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Historians	historian	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 report	nsubj
2	report	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 evidence	det
4	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 report	obj
5	supporting	support	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 evidence	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 claim	det
7	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 supporting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present	Historians	no evidence					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient
2	support	gerund	no evidence not said here	the claim					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer claim=Stimulus

Option 2

The claim is required learning in Irish schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 required	aux:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 required	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 schools	case
7	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 schools	amod
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present · passive		the claim					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	learn	gerund				Irish schools			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The claim is confirmed by contemporary legal records

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confirmed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confirmed	aux:pass
4	confirmed	confirm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 records	case
6	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 records	amod
7	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 records	amod
8	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confirmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confirm	present · passive	contemporary legal records	the claim					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic

Option 4

The claim was established by the show Riverdance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 claim	det
2	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 established	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 established	aux:pass
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 show	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 show	det
7	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 established	obl
8	Riverdance	Riverdance	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 show	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	past · passive	the show	the claim					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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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