Exam question 4 · Practising when you would rather not

Ascertain the appropriate response of a performer who experiences pain in the course of prolonged practice.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, performer · What happens: ascertain, experience, prolong · To what, where: appropriate response, pain, course

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 response	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 response	amod
4	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 performer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 performer	det
7	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 response	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 experiences	nsubj
9	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 performer	acl:relcl
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 experiences	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 course	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 course	det
13	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 experiences	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 practice	case
15	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 practice	amod
16	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 course	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response of a performer		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic
2	experience	present	a performer	pain	the course of prolonged practice	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus
3	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

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 disregarding of the pain as a sign of diligence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disregarding	det
2	disregarding	disregarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 pain	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pain	det
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregarding	nmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 sign	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregarding	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 diligence	case
10	diligence	diligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			diligence					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The continuation of playing in order to strengthen the affected part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 continuation	det
2	continuation	continuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 playing	mark
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 continuation	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 order	case
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 strengthen	mark
8	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 playing	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 part	det
10	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 part	amod
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strengthen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	play	gerund	the continuation not said here		order	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	strengthen	to-infinitive	the continuation not said here	the affected part		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent part=Patient
3	affect	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The cessation of playing, the taking of rest and the informing of an adult

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cessation	det
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 playing	case
4	playing	playing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 taking	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 taking	det
7	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cessation	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 rest	case
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 informing	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 informing	det
12	informing	informing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 taking	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 adult	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 adult	det
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 informing	nmod

#	verb	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cease		playing	nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient
2	take		rest	nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient
3	inform	a adult		nom informing «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The doubling of the duration of practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doubling	det
2	doubling	doubling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 duration	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 duration	det
5	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubling	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 practice	case
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 duration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double			the duration of practice					nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient

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