Exam question 4 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

Ascertain the conduct most appropriate where a dance devised by another person is reproduced and published.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, devise, reproduce, publish · To what, where: conduct, dance

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conduct	det
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conduct	amod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 reproduced	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dance	det
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reproduced	nsubj:pass
9	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dance	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 person	case
11	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 person	det
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 devised	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 reproduced	aux:pass
14	reproduced	reproduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 appropriate	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 published	cc
16	published	publish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 reproduced	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the conduct		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	devise	participle		a dance not said here	by another person	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	reproduce	present · passive		a dance		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
4	publish	participle				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

The omission of any reference to its origin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 omission	det
2	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reference	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 reference	det
5	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 omission	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 origin	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 origin	nmod:poss
8	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 omission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit			any reference				to reference's origin	nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl

Option 2

Removal of the video

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 video	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 video	det
4	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Removal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove			the video					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The assertion that one devised the dance oneself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assertion	det
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 devised	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 devised	nsubj
5	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 assertion	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oneself	det
7	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 oneself	compound
8	oneself	oneself	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 devised	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	participle	one	the dance oneself					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oneself=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The naming of the creator of the dance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 naming	det
2	naming	naming	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 creator	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 creator	det
5	creator	creator	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 naming	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 dance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dance	det
8	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 creator	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name			the creator of the dance					nom naming «communication transitive»: of=patient

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