Exam question 1 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

Identify the principal technique by which dancers avoid dizziness when executing successive turns.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dancers · What happens: identify, avoid, execute · To what, where: principal technique, dizziness, successive turns

This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 technique	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 technique	amod
4	technique	technique	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 avoid	obl
7	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 avoid	nsubj
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
9	dizziness	dizziness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avoid	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 executing	advmod
11	executing	execute	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 avoid	advcl
12	successive	successive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 turns	amod
13	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 executing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal technique	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent technique=Theme
2	avoid	present	dancers	dizziness	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent dizziness=Location
3	execute	gerund	dancers not said here	successive turns	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient

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 limitation of turning to a single rotation upon each occasion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 limitation	det
2	limitation	limitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 turning	mark
4	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 limitation	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 rotation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rotation	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rotation	amod
8	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turning	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 occasion	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 occasion	det
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	gerund	the limitation not said here			a single rotation		upon each occasion	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to rotation=Source upon occasion=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Spotting: fixing the eyes on one point

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spotting	spot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 fixing	punct
3	fixing	fix	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Spotting	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spotting	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 point	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 point	nummod
8	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spotting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	gerund		the eyes		one point			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination
2	fix	gerund							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The closing of the eyes throughout the entire duration of every turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 closing	det
2	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 eyes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 eyes	det
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 closing	nmod
6	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	9 duration	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 duration	det
8	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 duration	amod
9	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 closing	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 turn	case
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 turn	det
12	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 duration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close			the eyes			throughout the entire duration of every turn		nom closing «act transitive»: of=patient throughout=obl

Option 4

The consumption of a substantial meal prior to commencing to dance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 consumption	det
2	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 meal	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meal	det
5	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 meal	amod
6	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumption	nmod
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	9 commencing	mark
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	commencing	commence	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 consumption	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dance	mark
11	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 commencing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	commence	gerund	the consumption of a substantial meal not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dance	to-infinitive	the consumption of a substantial meal not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	consume			a substantial meal	nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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