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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