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title: Identify the principal deficiency of a practice method in which a pe… — Practising when you would rather not · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal deficiency of a practice method in which a performer recommences the entire piece upon each error. Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 1 · Practising when you would rather not

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Identify the principal deficiency of a practice method in which a performer recommences the entire piece upon each error.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, performer · **What happens:** identify, recommence · **To what, where:** principal deficiency, entire piece, practice method

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This is exam question 1 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal deficiency of a practice method in which a performer recommences the entire piece upon each error.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	recommences	recommence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal deficiency of a practice method |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent deficiency=Theme |
| 2 | **recommence** | present | a performer | the entire piece |  | a practice method |  | upon each error | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality |

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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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The method causes the instrument to deteriorate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e1:o1:1
# text = The method causes the instrument to deteriorate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	deteriorate	deteriorate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the method | the instrument |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deteriorate** | to-infinitive | the instrument *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The method has no deficiency whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e1:o2:1
# text = The method has no deficiency whatsoever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	deficiency	deficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the method | no deficiency |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deficiency=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The difficult passage receives the least repetition of any passage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e1:o3:1
# text = The difficult passage receives the least repetition of any passage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the difficult passage | the least repetition of any passage |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repetition=Theme |
| 2 | **repeat** |  | any passage |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The difficult passage receives an excess of repetition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e1:o4:1
# text = The difficult passage receives an excess of repetition
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	receives	receive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the difficult passage | a excess of repetition |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excess=Theme |

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**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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