Test 6 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet
Molly's friend asks if she is "being punished" because her arms are still. What is the answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, arms, answer · What happens: ask, punish, be · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Molly's friend asks if she is "being punished" because her arms are still.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molly | Molly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Molly | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 punished | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 punished | aux:pass |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 punished | punct |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 punished | aux:pass |
| 10 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 asks | ccomp |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 punished | punct |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 are | mark |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 arms | nmod:poss |
| 14 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 are | nsubj |
| 15 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 punished | advcl |
| 16 | still | still | ADV | _ | 15 are | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Molly's friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | punish a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | friend | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | does | present | friend's arms | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: What is the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
That is the style
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 style | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 style | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 style | det |
| 4 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the style | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Irish dancers are always punished for moving their arms in class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dancers | amod |
| 2 | dancers | dancer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 punished | aux:pass |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 punished | advmod |
| 5 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 moving | mark |
| 7 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 punished | advcl |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 arms | nmod:poss |
| 9 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 moving | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 class | case |
| 11 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 moving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | present · passive | Irish dancers | always property | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | move | gerund | dancers's arms | class | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
Option 3
Her dance teacher tied her arms down so she would not wave them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tied | nsubj |
| 4 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 arms | nmod:poss |
| 6 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tied | obj |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 tied | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 wave | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wave | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 wave | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 wave | advmod |
| 12 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tied | advcl |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 wave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie down | past | Her dance teacher | teacher's arms | down property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | |||
| 2 | not wave | would | teacher | arms = arm | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 4
She simply forgot to move her arms because she was so nervous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 3 forgot | advmod |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 move | mark |
| 5 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forgot | xcomp |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 arms | nmod:poss |
| 7 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 move | obj |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 nervous | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 nervous | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 nervous | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 nervous | advmod |
| 12 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 forgot | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | She | simply property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not move | to-infinitive | She not said here | her arms | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | she | nervous property | tree rules |
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