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title: Which is true about dances like dabke and the hora? — Dances of the world and dancing at par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about dances like dabke and the hora? Test 11 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» 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 11 · Dances of the world and dancing at parties

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is true about dances like dabke and the hora?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 of lesson 30 «Dances of the world and dancing at parties» 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/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t11:1
# text = Which is true about dances like dabke and the hora?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dabke	dabke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hora	hora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about dances like dabke and the hora; true *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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They are only for professionals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t11:o1:1
# text = They are only for professionals
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	professionals	professional	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	nsubj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are danced alone on a stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t11:o2:1
# text = They are danced alone on a stage
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | present · passive |  | They |  | a stage |  | alone *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were invented on the internet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t11:o3:1
# text = They were invented on the internet
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	internet	internet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive |  | They |  | the internet |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are danced in lines or circles at celebrations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties:t11:o4:1
# text = They are danced in lines or circles at celebrations
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	danced	dance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	celebrations	celebration	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | present · passive |  | They |  | lines or circles |  | at celebrations | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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