Exam question 3 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning circle dances in many cultures.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, circle dances, many cultures

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dances	compound
11	dances	dance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 cultures	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cultures	amod
14	cultures	culture	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	circle dances	many cultures		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dance=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice

They are reserved exclusively for professional dancers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reserved	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reserved	aux:pass
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 reserved	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 dancers	case
6	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dancers	amod
7	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reserved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reserve	present · passive		They				for professional dancers; exclusively property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for dancer=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They are principally concerned with community rather than display of skill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 concerned	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 concerned	cop
3	principally	principally	ADV	_	4 concerned	advmod
4	concerned	concerned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 community	case
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concerned	obl
7	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	9 display	cc
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 rather	fixed
9	display	display	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 community	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 skill	case
11	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 display	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					with community rather display of skill; concerned, principally property	tree rules
2	display			skill					nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

They are performed only by solitary individuals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 performed	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 individuals	case
6	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 individuals	amod
7	individuals	individual	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · passive	solitary individuals	They					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

They are a recent invention of the internet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 invention	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 invention	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 invention	det
4	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 invention	amod
5	invention	invention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 internet	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 internet	det
8	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 invention	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	a recent invention				of the internet	tree rules

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