Select the Motion Path of a PageItem

Does anyone know a way to select (or access) the Motion Path of a PageItem with animation applied using ExtendScript?
I know it appears as a graphic line in the document, but I'm wondering if there's any connection between the animated item and the graphic line that represents the motion path.
item.animationSettings.motionPath (and motionPathPoints) give the relative numbers, but I'd like to get my hands on the actual InDesign object. Any ideas?

I'm not sure if you can do this from a script. From C++, you have. IAnimationFacade.h
/** Given an interface for an item with a motion path, create a new page item from the motion path points and select it.
@param pageItemRef is the UIDRef of the page item to created a motion path item from.
@return the UIDRef of the created item.
@see SetPageItemAnimationMotionPath
virtual UIDRef CreateAnimationMotionPathPageItem(const UIDRef& pageItemRef) = 0;
P.

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