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title: Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("ri… — Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet · tree and pragmatics
description: Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool). What would help Ben? Test 8 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
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# Test 8 · Dance: from TikTok dances to ballet

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Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool). What would help Ben?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gen cousin, Ben, rizz · **What happens:** say, have, mean, help · **To what, where:** rizz, dance floor, charm, Ben · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:1
# text = Your Gen Alpha cousin says Ben "has no rizz on the dance floor" ("rizz" means charm or cool).
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	rizz	rizz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	rizz	rizz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
21	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your Gen cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Ben | no rizz |  | the dance floor |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rizz=Patient |
| 3 | **mean** | present | rizz | charm |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=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 would help Ben?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:2
# text = What would help Ben?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  | Ben |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ben=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

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

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Simple steps and the beat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:o1:1
# text = Simple steps and the beat
1	Simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Copying the hardest and fastest dance he can find on the internet first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:o2:1
# text = Copying the hardest and fastest dance he can find on the internet first
1	Copying	copy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	conj	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | gerund |  | the hardest dance |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | can | he |  |  | the internet |  | first *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dancing with no music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:o3:1
# text = Dancing with no music
1	Dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with no music | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Giving up dancing for good and standing by the wall at every party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet:t8:o4:1
# text = Giving up dancing for good and standing by the wall at every party
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dance** | gerund | Giving |  |  |  |  | for good | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | Giving *not said here* |  |  | every party |  | by the wall | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=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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