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description: Ascertain the appropriate response of a performer who experiences pain in the course of prolonged practice. Exam question 4 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 each option; Mova
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# Exam question 4 · Practising when you would rather not

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Ascertain the appropriate response of a performer who experiences pain in the course of prolonged practice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, performer · **What happens:** ascertain, experience, prolong · **To what, where:** appropriate response, pain, course

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate response of a performer who experiences pain in the course of prolonged practice.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response of a performer |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
| 2 | **experience** | present | a performer | pain |  | the course of prolonged practice |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pain=Stimulus |
| 3 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |

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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 disregarding of the pain as a sign of diligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e4:o1:1
# text = The disregarding of the pain as a sign of diligence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disregarding	disregarding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	diligence	diligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  |  | diligence |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The continuation of playing in order to strengthen the affected part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e4:o2:1
# text = The continuation of playing in order to strengthen the affected part
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	continuation	continuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	affected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund | the continuation *not said here* |  |  | order |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strengthen** | to-infinitive | the continuation *not said here* | the affected part |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent part=Patient |
| 3 | **affect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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The cessation of playing, the taking of rest and the informing of an adult

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e4:o3:1
# text = The cessation of playing, the taking of rest and the informing of an adult
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	playing	playing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	taking	taking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	informing	informing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | playing |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **take** |  |  | rest |  |  |  |  | nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **inform** |  | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | nom informing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The doubling of the duration of practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not:e4:o4:1
# text = The doubling of the duration of practice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doubling	doubling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** |  |  | the duration of practice |  |  |  |  | nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient |

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