Exam question 2 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

Which of the following most accurately characterises the haka?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: haka

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 haka	det
9	haka	haka	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the haka				accurately property	tree rules

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

A dance only for battle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dance	det
2	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 battle	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 battle	case
5	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dance	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A Spanish dance accompanied by guitar, singing and rhythmic clapping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dance	det
2	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dance	amod
3	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dance	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 guitar	case
6	guitar	guitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompanied	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 singing	punct
8	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 dance	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 clapping	cc
10	rhythmic	rhythmic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clapping	amod
11	clapping	clapping	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dance	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		a Spanish dance and rhythmic clapping not said here				by guitar	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by guitar=Destination
2	sing speech: express	gerund							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A Māori ceremonial dance of many uses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dance	det
2	Māori	māori	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dance	amod
3	ceremonial	ceremonial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dance	amod
4	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 uses	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 many	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dance	nmod
7	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	a Māori ceremonial dance of many						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A dance devised in recent years by a sports team purely for entertainment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dance	det
2	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dance	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 years	case
5	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 years	amod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 devised	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 team	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 team	det
9	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 team	compound
10	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
11	purely	purely	ADV	_	10 team	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 entertainment	case
13	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	participle		a dance not said here			year	by a sports team; for entertainment	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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