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title: Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one." What i… — Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one." What is likely true? Test 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 right.
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# Test 1 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one." What is likely true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, Dance crazes, nan · **What happens:** go, be, not do · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 29 «Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet» 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/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "Dance crazes are new, my nan never did one."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crazes	craze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dance crazes |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | past | my nan | one |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |

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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 likely true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:2
# text = What is likely true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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His nan had crazes too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:o1:1
# text = His nan had crazes too
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	crazes	craze	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | His nan | crazes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craze=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nobody really danced at all before the internet came along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:o2:1
# text = Nobody really danced at all before the internet came along
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	along	along	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | Nobody |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come along** | past | the internet |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dancing was banned in most countries until the year 2000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:o3:1
# text = Dancing was banned in most countries until the year 2000
1	Dancing	dancing	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	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past · passive |  | Dancing |  | most countries | year |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only famous people on television danced in the past

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t1:o4:1
# text = Only famous people on television danced in the past
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | participle |  | famous people on television *not said here* |  | the past |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in past=Location |

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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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