--- title: Ascertain the region from which the dance known as flamenco originat… — Dances of the world and dancing at par… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the region from which the dance known as flamenco originates. Exam question 4 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Dances of the world and dancing at par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties Ascertain the region from which the dance known as flamenco originates. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, dance · **What happens:** ascertain, know, originate · **To what, where:** region, dance This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the region from which the dance known as flamenco originates. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 flamenco flamenco NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 originates originate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the region | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent region=Topic | | 2 | **know** | participle | | the dance *not said here* | | | | as flamenco | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as flamenco=Attribute | | 3 | **originate** | present | the dance | | | the region | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Caribbean islands ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e4:o1:1 # text = The Caribbean islands 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Caribbean caribbean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Punjab in South Asia ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e4:o2:1 # text = Punjab in South Asia 1 Punjab Punjab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Andalusia in southern Spain ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e4:o3:1 # text = Andalusia in southern Spain 1 Andalusia Andalusia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Levant ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:e4:o4:1 # text = The Levant 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Levant Levant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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