Test 9 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties
Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!" ("beta" means child). Which dance is it most likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: auntie, beta, dance · What happens: say up, mean, be · To what, where: shoulders, child
This is test 9 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: Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravi | Ravi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 auntie | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ravi | case |
| 3 | auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 shoulders | punct |
| 6 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 says | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 beta | punct |
| 9 | beta | beta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | parataxis |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 beta | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 beta | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say up speech: assert | present | Ravi's auntie | shoulders | tree rules |
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: ("beta" means child).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 beta | punct |
| 3 | beta | beta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 beta | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | beta | child | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic |
Sentence 3: Which dance is it most likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 dance | det |
| 2 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 likely | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 likely | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 likely | nsubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 likely | advmod |
| 6 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which dance | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bon Odori, with its slow steps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bon | Bon | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Odori | Odori | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Bon | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 steps | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 steps | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 steps | nmod:poss |
| 6 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 steps | amod |
| 7 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Bon | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | its = it | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Salsa, with its spins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salsa | salsa | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spins | punct |
| 3 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 5 spins | mark |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 spins | nmod:poss |
| 5 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Salsa | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | Salsa not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Flamenco, with its stamping feet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flamenco | Flamenco | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 feet | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 feet | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 feet | nmod:poss |
| 5 | stamping | stamping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 feet | compound |
| 6 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Flamenco | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Bhangra, with its bouncing shoulders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhangra | Bhangra | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 shoulders | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 shoulders | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bouncing | bouncing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shoulders | compound |
| 6 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Bhangra | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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