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title: A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok". What is… — Dances of the world and dancing at par… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok". What is the correction? Test 3 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.
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# Test 3 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

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A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok". What is the correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Z kid, correction · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** haka · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:1
# text = A Gen Z kid calls the haka "just a scary dance for TikTok".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	haka	haka	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | a Z kid | the haka |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent haka=Recipient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the correction?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:2
# text = What is the correction?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the correction |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It was made up for TikTok in 2020 by a group of rugby fans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:o1:1
# text = It was made up for TikTok in 2020 by a group of rugby fans
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	2020	2020	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	rugby	rugby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | past · passive | a group of rugby fans | It |  | 2020 |  | for TikTok | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has no meaning at all, it is only done for fun before games

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:o2:1
# text = It has no meaning at all, it is only done for fun before games
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | no meaning |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | present · passive |  | meaning |  |  | before games | for fun | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is a Greek dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:o3:1
# text = It is a Greek dance
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Greek dance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is a Māori ceremony to respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t3:o4:1
# text = It is a Māori ceremony to respect
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Māori	māori	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	respect	respect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Māori ceremony |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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