Test 10 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet
Your friend from Liverpool says hopak is "dead easy, just jumping, la" ("la" means mate). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, hopak, la · What happens: say, be, jump, mean · To what, where: la, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» of the arts 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your friend from Liverpool says hopak is "dead easy, just jumping, la" ("la" means mate).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Liverpool | case |
| 4 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hopak | hopak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 easy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 easy | cop |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 easy | punct |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 easy | amod |
| 10 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 jumping | punct |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 jumping | advmod |
| 13 | jumping | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 la | punct |
| 15 | la | la | X | Foreign=Yes | 13 jumping | obj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 jumping | punct |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 la | punct |
| 19 | la | la | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | nsubj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 la | punct |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 22 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | obj |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend from Liverpool | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | hopak | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | jump in a quote | gerund | la | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme la=Trajectory | |||||
| 4 | mean | present | la | mate | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic |
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.
Sentence 2: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It needs hard training
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 training | amod |
| 4 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | hard training | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot training=Theme |
Option 2
Only small children are light enough to do it properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 light | advmod |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 children | amod |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 light | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 light | cop |
| 5 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 light | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 light | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 8 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | small children | enough, light property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | small children not said here | it | properly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
It is the easiest dance in the whole world to learn
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 dance | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dance | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dance | det |
| 4 | easiest | easy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 dance | amod |
| 5 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 world | amod |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dance | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 learn | mark |
| 11 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dance | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the easiest dance | the whole world | tree rules | |||
| 2 | learn | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It needs no strength at all, only a bit of bouncing
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 strength | det |
| 4 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 strength | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bit | punct |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 bit | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bit | det |
| 10 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 strength | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 bouncing | case |
| 12 | bouncing | bouncing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | no strength and a bit of bouncing | all | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot strength=Theme |
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