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# Test 6 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

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A girl from Glasgow at a Greek wedding says, "I'm pure rubbish at this, so I am." What helps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** say, be, help · **To what, where:** pure rubbish, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl from Glasgow at a Greek wedding says, "I'm pure rubbish at this, so I am."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:1
# text = A girl from Glasgow at a Greek wedding says, "I'm pure rubbish at this, so I am."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl from Glasgow at a Greek wedding |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a girl from Glasgow at a Greek wedding *= girl* | pure rubbish |  | this |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What helps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:2
# text = What helps?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sitting it out alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:o1:1
# text = Sitting it out alone
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit out** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dancing alone in the middle of the circle to practise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:o2:1
# text = Dancing alone in the middle of the circle to practise
1	Dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  | the middle of the circle |  | alone *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |
| 2 | **practise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Leaving the wedding at once before anyone sees her dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:o3:1
# text = Leaving the wedding at once before anyone sees her dance
1	Leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | gerund |  | the wedding |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme at once=Location |
| 2 | **see** | present | anyone | her dance |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus |
| 3 | **dance** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Linking arms and following

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t6:o4:1
# text = Linking arms and following
1	Linking	link	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **link** | gerund |  | arms |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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