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title: Dead serious, what was the dance called? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead serious, what was the dance called? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead serious, what was the dance called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** serious dance · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» of the books 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/books/1343-pg4018-part3/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t9:1
# text = Dead serious, what was the dance called?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the serious dance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  | the serious dance *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The traditional Sparrow's dance, the famous suzume-odori of the bamboo grove

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t9:o1:1
# text = The traditional Sparrow's dance, the famous suzume-odori of the bamboo grove
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Sparrow	Sparrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	suzume	suzume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	odori	odori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bamboo	bamboo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** |  | the traditional Sparrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sparrow's song, the suzume-uta

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t9:o2:1
# text = The Sparrow's song, the suzume-uta
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sparrow	Sparrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	suzume	suzume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	uta	uta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** |  | the Sparrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sparrow's dance, the suzume-odori

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t9:o3:1
# text = The Sparrow's dance, the suzume-odori
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sparrow	Sparrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	suzume	suzume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	odori	odori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** |  | the Sparrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Sparrow's dance, the suzume-odori, performed by all the fairies at once

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t9:o4:1
# text = The Sparrow's dance, the suzume-odori, performed by all the fairies at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sparrow	Sparrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	suzume	suzume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	odori	odori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | participle | the Sparrow's dance and the suzume odori |  |  |  |  | by all fairies | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance** |  | the Sparrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom dance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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