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Exam question 3 · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: practice, you · What happens: give, become, practice, select, establish · To what, where: It, skill, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday 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

Sentence 1: It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 practice	det
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 become	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 skill	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 skill	det
8	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practice	nmod
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 become	aux
10	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 given	ccomp
11	frustrating	frustrating	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 become	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					tree rules
2	become	present · perfect	that practice of a skill					frustrating property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	practice			a skill					nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient

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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with established guidance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 guidance	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 guidance	amod
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1

The skill shall be practised only at full speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skill	det
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practised	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 practised	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 practised	aux:pass
5	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 speed	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	shall · passive		the skill		full speed			tree rules

Option 2

The skill shall be abandoned entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skill	det
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 abandoned	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 abandoned	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 abandoned	aux:pass
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	5 abandoned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	shall · passive		the skill				entirely property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Source

Option 3

The skill shall be attempted once a month only, in order that frustration be avoided entirely

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skill	det
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attempted	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 attempted	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 attempted	aux:pass
5	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 avoided	advcl
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 attempted	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 month	det
8	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 only	obl:unmarked
9	only	only	ADV	_	5 attempted	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 order	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 order	case
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 attempted	obl
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 frustration	det
14	frustration	frustration	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 order	nmod:unmarked
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 avoided	aux:pass
16	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	16 avoided	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	shall · passive		the skill		order that frustration		once property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	avoid	infinitive · passive						entirely property	vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The skill shall be broken into small steps, practised one at a time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 skill	det
2	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 broken	aux:pass
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 practised	advcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 steps	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 steps	amod
8	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 broken	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 practised	punct
10	practised	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 practised	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 time	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 time	det
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	shall · passive		the skill				into small steps result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into step=Result
2	practise	past		one			time		tree rules

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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