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Test 8 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

A friend says flamenco "must always look happy, innit". Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: say, look, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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 friend says flamenco "must always look happy, innit".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flamenco	flamenco	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	vocative
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 flamenco	punct
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 look	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 look	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	discourse
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look in a quote	must						flamenco vocative; always, happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It can show strong or sad feelings

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 show	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
3	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feelings	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 sad	cc
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strong	conj
7	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	can	It	strong feelings					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient

Option 2

Flamenco is a cheerful children's dance with smiles all the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flamenco	Flamenco	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dance	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dance	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 children	det
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 children	amod
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dance	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 children	case
7	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 smiles	case
9	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dance	acl:relcl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 smiles	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Flamenco	a cheerful children's dance					tree rules
2	smile	present	a cheerful children's dance not said here	all way					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It is always silent

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	4 silent	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 silent	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 silent	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					always, silent property	tree rules

Option 4

Dances are only allowed to look happy, never sad or angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dances	dance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sad	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 sad	advmod
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 allowed	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 angry	cc
12	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		Dances					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	look not said to happen	to-infinitive	Dances not said here					happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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