Test 7 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped
Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress." What's the point?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: choir teacher, Practice, point · What happens: say, make, be · To what, where: progress · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zoe | case |
| 3 | choir | choir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teacher | compound |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 makes | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 makes | punct |
| 8 | Practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | nsubj |
| 9 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 10 | progress | progress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 makes | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 makes | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Zoe's choir teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | Practice | progress | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset progress=Product |
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: What's the point?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the point | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
With practice, she can improve and try again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 practice | case |
| 2 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 improve | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 practice | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 improve | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 improve | aux |
| 6 | improve | improve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 try | cc |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 improve | conj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 try | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | improve | can | she | with practice | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | she not said here | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only singers who are already perfect should bother to practise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 singers | advmod |
| 2 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bother | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 perfect | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 perfect | cop |
| 5 | already | already | ADV | _ | 6 perfect | advmod |
| 6 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 singers | acl:relcl |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 bother | aux |
| 8 | bother | bother | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 practise | mark |
| 10 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 bother | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | singers | perfect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bother | should | singers | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | practise | to-infinitive | singers not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Practice is pointless if you weren't picked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pointless | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pointless | cop |
| 3 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 picked | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 picked | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 picked | aux:pass |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 picked | advmod |
| 8 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pointless | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Practice | pointless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not pick a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | you | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
She should give up and try a sport
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 give | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 try | cc |
| 6 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 give | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sport | det |
| 8 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 try | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | should | She | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | She not said here | a sport | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Eventuality |
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