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title: A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best frien… — Show day: the exhibition, the concert… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet. What is the fullest answer? Test 9 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 9 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

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A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet. What is the fullest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Florence kid, Italy, fullest answer · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **To what, where:** best friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:1
# text = A Florence kid says, "Nah, Italy, bestie" ("bestie" means best friend) about ballet.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Florence	florence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bestie	bestie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	bestie	bestie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	ballet	ballet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Florence kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Italy and bestie | best friend |  |  |  | about ballet | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |

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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 fullest answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:2
# text = What is the fullest answer?
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	5	det	_	_
4	fullest	full	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	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 fullest answer |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Italy and France are both part of ballet's history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:o1:1
# text = Italy and France are both part of ballet's history
1	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	ballet	ballet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Italy and France | both part |  |  |  | of ballet's history | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only France matters, Italy never danced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:o2:1
# text = Only France matters, Italy never danced
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | France |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **dance** | past | Italy |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only Italy matters, France copied it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:o3:1
# text = Only Italy matters, France copied it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Italy |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **copy** | past | France | it |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ballet was invented in America and only later brought over to Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:t9:o4:1
# text = Ballet was invented in America and only later brought over to Europe
1	Ballet	ballet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | Ballet |  | America |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **bring over** | past |  |  | Europe |  |  | late, over *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to europe=Destination |

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