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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the history of… — Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the history of breaking at the Olympic Games? Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the history of breaking at the Olympic Games?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** history · **What happens:** follow, characteris, break · **To what, where:** history, Olympic Games

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the history of breaking at the Olympic Games?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Games	Game	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the history |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | gerund | the history *not said here* |  |  | the Olympic Games |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at game=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It was first contested at Paris 2024 and was not selected for Los Angeles 2028

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e2:o1:1
# text = It was first contested at Paris 2024 and was not selected for Los Angeles 2028
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	2024	2024	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	selected	select	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Los	Los	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
14	Angeles	Angeles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	2028	2028	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contest** | past · passive | Paris | It |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **select** | past · passive | Los |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It has never been contested at any Olympic Games

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e2:o2:1
# text = It has never been contested at any Olympic Games
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Games	Game	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **contest** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | any Olympic Games |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has been contested at every Olympic Games since 1970

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e2:o3:1
# text = It has been contested at every Olympic Games since 1970
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	Olympic	Olympic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Games	Game	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	since	since	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1970	1970	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contest** | present · perfect · passive |  | It |  | every Olympic Games | since 1970 |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was first contested at London 2012

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:e2:o4:1
# text = It was first contested at London 2012
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	contested	contest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	2012	2012	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contest** | past · passive |  | It |  | London |  | first *property* | tree rules |

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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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