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title: Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use trick… — Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks. Which is true? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

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Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, FACE, real musicians · **What happens:** say, cheat, not use, be · **To what, where:** tricks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:1
# text = Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	FACE	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cheat** | present · progressive | FACE |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **use** | present | real musicians | tricks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The trick gives the wrong notes on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:o1:1
# text = The trick gives the wrong notes on purpose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | the trick | the wrong notes |  | purpose |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent note=Theme on purpose=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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FACE only works on the piano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:o2:1
# text = FACE only works on the piano
1	FACE	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | FACE |  |  |  |  | on the piano | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on piano=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Musicians use memory tricks until the notes become automatic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:o3:1
# text = Musicians use memory tricks until the notes become automatic
1	Musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Musicians | memory tricks |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | present | the notes |  |  |  |  | automatic *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real musicians are banned from using any sayings or tricks at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:t4:o4:1
# text = Real musicians are banned from using any sayings or tricks at all
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	sayings	saying	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | Real musicians |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | gerund |  | any sayings or tricks |  | all |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saying=Patient |

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