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title: What would happen if a whole class practised the recorder every week… — Music lessons and the recorder · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if a whole class practised the recorder every week for a term? Test 2 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · Music lessons and the recorder

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What would happen if a whole class practised the recorder every week for a term?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** whole class · **What happens:** happen, practise · **To what, where:** recorder

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This is test 2 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t2:1
# text = What would happen if a whole class practised the recorder every week for a term?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	practised	practise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	recorder	recorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **practise** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a whole class | the recorder |  |  | week | for a term | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They would sound exactly as rough at the end of term as on day one

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t2:o1:1
# text = They would sound exactly as rough at the end of term as on day one
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | would | They |  |  |  | at the end of term; day | rough *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the loudest child would get any better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t2:o2:1
# text = Only the loudest child would get any better
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	any	any	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | the loudest child |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The recorders would wear out and stop working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t2:o3:1
# text = The recorders would wear out and stop working
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recorders	recorder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear out** | would | the recorders |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | infinitive | the recorders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | the recorders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They would most likely sound much clearer and more together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t2:o4:1
# text = They would most likely sound much clearer and more together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	clearer	clear	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | would | They |  |  |  |  | clear, likely, together *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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