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title: Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!" ("beta" means child). Which… — Dances of the world and dancing at par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!" ("beta" means child). Which dance is it most likely? Test 9 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 wr
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# Test 9 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

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Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!" ("beta" means child). Which dance is it most likely?

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:1
# text = Ravi's auntie says "shoulders up, beta!"
1	Ravi	Ravi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	auntie	auntie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	beta	beta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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:* ("beta" means child).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:2
# text = ("beta" means child).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	beta	beta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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*Sentence 3:* Which dance is it most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:3
# text = Which dance is it most likely?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which dance |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bon Odori, with its slow steps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:o1:1
# text = Bon Odori, with its slow steps
1	Bon	Bon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Odori	Odori	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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Salsa, with its spins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:o2:1
# text = Salsa, with its spins
1	Salsa	salsa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flamenco, with its stamping feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:o3:1
# text = Flamenco, with its stamping feet
1	Flamenco	Flamenco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	stamping	stamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Bhangra, with its bouncing shoulders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t9:o4:1
# text = Bhangra, with its bouncing shoulders
1	Bhangra	Bhangra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bouncing	bouncing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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