Exam question 3 · Practising when you would rather not

Determine the most probable consequence of habitual rapid practice accompanied by frequent errors.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, accompany · To what, where: probable consequence, habitual rapid practice

This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 practice	case
7	habitual	habitual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 practice	amod
8	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 practice	amod
9	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 practice	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 errors	case
12	frequent	frequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 errors	amod
13	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 accompanied	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the probable consequence of habitual rapid practice					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	accompany	participle		habitual rapid practice not said here				by frequent errors	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by error=Destination

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The errors are themselves learned by the fingers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 errors	det
2	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learned	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 learned	aux:pass
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 learned	nsubj
5	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 fingers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fingers	det
8	fingers	finger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 learned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	present · passive	the fingers	the errors					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 2

The tempo of the piece is permanently reduced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tempo	det
2	tempo	tempo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reduced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 piece	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 piece	det
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tempo	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 reduced	aux:pass
7	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	8 reduced	advmod
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · passive		the tempo of the piece				permanently property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The performer acquires flawless accuracy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performer	det
2	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquires	nsubj
3	acquires	acquire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	flawless	flawless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 accuracy	amod
5	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquires	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire	present	the performer	flawless accuracy					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset accuracy=Theme

Option 4

The errors are spontaneously eliminated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 errors	det
2	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eliminated	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eliminated	aux:pass
4	spontaneously	spontaneously	ADV	_	5 eliminated	advmod
5	eliminated	eliminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eliminate	present · passive		the errors				spontaneously property	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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