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title: A tour guide says Irish dancers hid their arms "to fool the rulers".… — Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet · tree and pragmatics
description: A tour guide says Irish dancers hid their arms "to fool the rulers". What is the honest reply? Test 7 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 7 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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A tour guide says Irish dancers hid their arms "to fool the rulers". What is the honest reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tour guide, Irish dancers, honest reply · **What happens:** say, hide, fool, be · **To what, where:** arms, rulers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tour guide says Irish dancers hid their arms "to fool the rulers".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:1
# text = A tour guide says Irish dancers hid their arms "to fool the rulers".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fool	fool	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a tour guide |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hide** | past | Irish dancers | dancers's arms |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 3 | **fool** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Irish dancers *not said here* | the rulers |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Patient |

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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 the honest reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:2
# text = What is the honest reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Irish dancers never moved at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:o1:1
# text = Irish dancers never moved at all
1	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | past | Irish dancers |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The rulers made the dancers keep still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:o2:1
# text = The rulers made the dancers keep still
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the rulers |  |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the dancers |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a proven fact from old laws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:o3:1
# text = It is a proven fact from old laws
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | a proven fact |  | old laws |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It is a popular story, but historians find no evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t7:o4:1
# text = It is a popular story, but historians find no evidence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a popular story |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | present | historians | no evidence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Topic |

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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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