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description: Identify the principal reason for which teachers delay the commencement of dancing en pointe. Exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» 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 
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# Exam question 1 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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Identify the principal reason for which teachers delay the commencement of dancing en pointe.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, teachers, commencement · **What happens:** identify, delay, dance · **To what, where:** principal reason, commencement, en pointe

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which teachers delay the commencement of dancing en pointe.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	delay	delay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pointe	pointe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **delay** | present | teachers | the commencement |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent commencement=Source |
| 3 | **dance** | gerund | the commencement *not said here* | en pointe |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pointe=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The toes cease growing early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e1:o1:1
# text = The toes cease growing early
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toes	toe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cease	cease	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | present | the toes |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | the toes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The feet must first gain strength

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e1:o2:1
# text = The feet must first gain strength
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | must | the feet | strength |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The requisite shoes are available exclusively to adults by regulation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e1:o3:1
# text = The requisite shoes are available exclusively to adults by regulation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	requisite	requisite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	regulation	regulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the requisite shoes |  |  |  |  | to adults; by regulation; available, exclusively *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The practice is prohibited by law before the attainment of adulthood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e1:o4:1
# text = The practice is prohibited by law before the attainment of adulthood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	attainment	attainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	adulthood	adulthood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | law | the practice |  |  | before the attainment of adulthood |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **attain** |  |  | adulthood |  |  |  |  | nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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