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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the haka? — Dances of the world and dancing at par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the haka? Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 2 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the haka?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** haka

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the haka?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	haka	haka	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the haka |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A dance only for battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e2:o1:1
# text = A dance only for battle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A Spanish dance accompanied by guitar, singing and rhythmic clapping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e2:o2:1
# text = A Spanish dance accompanied by guitar, singing and rhythmic clapping
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	rhythmic	rhythmic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	clapping	clapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle |  | a Spanish dance and rhythmic clapping *not said here* |  |  |  | by guitar | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by guitar=Destination |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A Māori ceremonial dance of many uses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e2:o3:1
# text = A Māori ceremonial dance of many uses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Māori	māori	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	ceremonial	ceremonial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
7	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a Māori ceremonial dance of many |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A dance devised in recent years by a sports team purely for entertainment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e2:o4:1
# text = A dance devised in recent years by a sports team purely for entertainment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	purely	purely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | participle |  | a dance *not said here* |  |  | year | by a sports team; for entertainment | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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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