--- title: What would happen at the disco if one person started dancing straigh… — "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen at the disco if one person started dancing straight away? Test 8 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / ["Everyone has one!": the crowd is not…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/) / t8 # Test 8 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason What would happen at the disco if one person started dancing straight away? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one person · **What happens:** happen, start, dance · **To what, where:** disco This is test 8 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» of the world 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/world/166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t8:1 # text = What would happen at the disco if one person started dancing straight away? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 disco disco NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 xcomp _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | the disco | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at disco=Location | | 2 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | one person | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **dance** | gerund | one person *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Others would likely join, since many wanted to ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t8:o1:1 # text = Others would likely join, since many wanted to 1 Others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 likely likely ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 since since SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | would | Others | | | | | likely *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **want** | past | many | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Everyone would leave the disco ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t8:o2:1 # text = Everyone would leave the disco 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 disco disco NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | would | Everyone | the disco | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disco=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody would ever dance again after that, because it would be embarrassing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t8:o3:1 # text = Nobody would ever dance again after that, because it would be embarrassing 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 embarrassing embarrassing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | would | Nobody | | | | after that; ever; again | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | would | it | | | | | embarrassing *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The music would have to stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:166-everyone-has-one-the-crowd-is-not-a-reason:t8:o4:1 # text = The music would have to stop 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | the music | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the music *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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. 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