Test 3 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties
A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok". What is the correction?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z kid, correction · What happens: call, be · To what, where: haka · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» 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: A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 2 | Gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Z | compound |
| 3 | Z | z | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kid | compound |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 5 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 haka | det |
| 7 | haka | haka | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 dance | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 dance | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dance | det |
| 11 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dance | amod |
| 12 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 haka | appos |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 TikTok | case |
| 14 | TikTok | TikTok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 dance | nmod |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 dance | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | a Z kid | the haka | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent haka=Recipient |
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 correction?
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 correction | det |
| 4 | correction | correction | 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 correction | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It was made up for TikTok in 2020 by a group of rugby fans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 TikTok | case |
| 6 | TikTok | TikTok | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 2020 | case |
| 8 | 2020 | 2020 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 made | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 group | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 group | det |
| 11 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fans | case |
| 13 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fans | compound |
| 14 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 group | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | past · passive | a group of rugby fans | It | 2020 | for TikTok | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |
Option 2
It has no meaning at all, it is only done for fun before games
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 meaning | det |
| 4 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 done | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 done | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 done | aux:pass |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 done | advmod |
| 11 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 has | conj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 fun | case |
| 13 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 done | obl |
| 14 | before | before | ADP | _ | 15 games | case |
| 15 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | no meaning | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient | |||
| 2 | do | present · passive | meaning | before games | for fun | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It is a Greek dance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dance | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dance | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dance | det |
| 4 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dance | amod |
| 5 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a Greek dance | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is a Māori ceremony to respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ceremony | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ceremony | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ceremony | det |
| 4 | Māori | māori | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ceremony | amod |
| 5 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 respect | mark |
| 7 | respect | respect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ceremony | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a Māori ceremony | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | respect | to-infinitive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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