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title: In a cartoon, a boy learns a hard dance perfectly on his first go. W… — Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a boy learns a hard dance perfectly on his first go. What is more realistic? Test 5 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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In a cartoon, a boy learns a hard dance perfectly on his first go. What is more realistic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** learn, be · **To what, where:** hard dance, cartoon

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boy learns a hard dance perfectly on his first go.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:1
# text = In a cartoon, a boy learns a hard dance perfectly on his first go.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | a boy | a hard dance |  | a cartoon |  | on boy's first go; perfectly *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Topic |

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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 more realistic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:2
# text = What is more realistic?
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	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	realistic	realistic	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 |  |  |  |  |  | realistic *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Every dancer gets every hard dance right on the very first try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:o1:1
# text = Every dancer gets every hard dance right on the very first try
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | every dancer | every hard dance |  | the first try |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dance=Theme on try=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hard dances can be learned perfectly just by watching them once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:o2:1
# text = Hard dances can be learned perfectly just by watching them once
1	Hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | can · passive |  | Hard dances |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund |  | dances *= dance* |  |  |  | once *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dance cannot be learned at all, you can either do it or you cannot

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:o3:1
# text = Dance cannot be learned at all, you can either do it or you cannot
1	Dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	either	either	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | can · passive |  | Dance |  | all |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | can | you | Dance |  |  |  | either *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It takes many tries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t5:o4:1
# text = It takes many tries
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tries	try	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It | many tries |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent try=Theme |

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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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