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Test 5 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

In a cartoon, everyone at a disco stops and stares at one kid dancing. What is more realistic?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: stop, stare, be · To what, where: cartoon

This is test 5 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: In a cartoon, everyone at a disco stops and stares at one kid dancing.

casedetoblpunctnsubjcasedetnmodccconjcasenummodcompoundoblpunctrootInADPaDETcartoonNOUN,PUNCTeveryonePRONatADPaDETdiscoNOUNstopsVERBandCCONJstaresVERBatADPoneNUMkidNOUNdancingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 cartooncase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 cartoondet
3cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing9 stopsobl
4,,PUNCT_3 cartoonpunct
5everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot9 stopsnsubj
6atatADP_8 discocase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 discodet
8discodiscoNOUNNumber=Sing5 everyonenmod
9stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10andandCCONJ_11 starescc
11staresstareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 stopsconj
12atatADP_15 dancingcase
13oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card15 dancingnummod
14kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing15 dancingcompound
15dancingdancingNOUNNumber=Sing11 staresobl
16..PUNCT_9 stopspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresenteveryonea cartoonvn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2starepresenteveryone not said hereat one kid dancingvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dancing=Theme

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 more realistic?

nsubjcopadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXmoreADVrealisticADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 realisticnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 realisticcop
3moremoreADVDegree=Cmp4 realisticadvmod
4realisticrealisticADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 realisticpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentrealistic propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Nobody ever dances at discos, they just stand and talk

nsubjadvmodcaseoblpunctnsubjadvmodadvclccconjrootNobodyPRONeverADVdancesVERBatADPdiscosNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONjustADVstandVERBandCCONJtalkVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg3 dancesnsubj
2evereverADVPronType=Ind3 dancesadvmod
3dancesdanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4atatADP_5 discoscase
5discosdiscoNOUNNumber=Plur3 dancesobl
6,,PUNCT_9 standpunct
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 standnsubj
8justjustADV_9 standadvmod
9standstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 dancesadvcl
10andandCCONJ_11 talkcc
11talktalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 standconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dancepresentNobodydiscosevervn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at disco=Location
2standpresentdiscos = discovn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3talkpresentdiscos = disco not said herevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The music stops each time a new person starts to dance

detnsubjdetobjdetamodnsubjparataxismarkxcomprootTheDETmusicNOUNstopsVERBeachDETtimeNOUNaDETnewADJpersonNOUNstartsVERBtoPARTdanceVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 musicdet
2musicmusicNOUNNumber=Sing3 stopsnsubj
3stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4eacheachDETPronType=Tot5 timedet
5timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 stopsobj
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 persondet
7newnewADJDegree=Pos8 personamod
8personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing9 startsnsubj
9startsstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 stopsparataxis
10totoPART_11 dancemark
11dancedanceVERBVerbForm=Inf9 startsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentthe musictimevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2startpresenta new personvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3danceto-infinitivea new person not said herevn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Others are busy dancing

nsubjcopamodrootOthersNOUNareAUXbusyADJdancingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OthersotherNOUNNumber=Plur4 dancingnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 dancingcop
3busybusyADJDegree=Pos4 dancingamod
4dancingdancingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentOthersbusy dancingtree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Everyone always stops and watches the shy kid when he dances

nsubjadvmodccconjdetamodobjadvmodnsubjconjrootEveryonePRONalwaysADVstopsVERBandCCONJwatchesVERBtheDETshyADJkidNOUNwhenADVhePRONdancesVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EveryoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 stopsnsubj
2alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot3 stopsadvmod
3stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4andandCCONJ_5 watchescc
5watcheswatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 stopsconj
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 kiddet
7shyshyADJDegree=Pos8 kidamod
8kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing5 watchesobj
9whenwhenADVPronType=Int11 dancesadvmod
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 dancesnsubj
11dancesdanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 stopsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentEveryonealways propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2watchpresentEveryone not said herethe shy kidvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
3dancepresentkidvn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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