Test 8 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet
Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool). What would help Ben?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen cousin, Ben, rizz · What happens: say, have, mean, help · To what, where: rizz, dance floor, charm, Ben · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool).
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 | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | compound |
| 3 | Alpha | Alpha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Gen | flat |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 rizz | det |
| 10 | rizz | rizz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 floor | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 floor | det |
| 13 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 floor | compound |
| 14 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rizz | nmod |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 rizz | punct |
| 18 | rizz | rizz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | nsubj |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 rizz | punct |
| 20 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 21 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 means | obj |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 23 cool | cc |
| 23 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 charm | conj |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 20 means | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your Gen cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | Ben | no rizz | the dance floor | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rizz=Patient | |||
| 3 | mean | present | rizz | charm | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=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: What would help Ben?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Ben | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ben=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Simple steps and the beat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 steps | amod |
| 2 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 beat | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beat | det |
| 5 | beat | beat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steps | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Copying the hardest and fastest dance he can find on the internet first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 find | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dance | det |
| 3 | hardest | hard | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 dance | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 fastest | cc |
| 5 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 hardest | conj |
| 6 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copying | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 find | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 find | aux |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 internet | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 internet | det |
| 12 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obl |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | gerund | the hardest dance | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find | can | he | the internet | first property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Dancing with no music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 music | case |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 music | det |
| 4 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dancing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | gerund | with no music | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Giving up dancing for good and standing by the wall at every party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 dancing | csubj |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Giving | compound:prt |
| 3 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 good | case |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dancing | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 standing | cc |
| 7 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 dancing | conj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 wall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wall | det |
| 10 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 standing | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 party | case |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 party | det |
| 13 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | gerund | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | dance | gerund | Giving | for good | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stand | gerund | Giving not said here | every party | by the wall | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location |
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