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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the view of Anders Ericsson concerning the "10,000 hours" rule? Exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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 2 · Being bad at something and keeping going

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the view of Anders Ericsson concerning the "10,000 hours" rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** view · **What happens:** follow, characteris, concern, view · **To what, where:** view, hours rule, Anders

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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/37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the view of Anders Ericsson concerning the "10,000 hours" rule?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Anders	Anders	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	Ericsson	Ericsson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	10,000	10000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the view of Anders |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the view of Anders *not said here* | the hours rule |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rule=Experiencer |
| 4 | **view** |  |  | Anders |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It applies only to music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e2:o1:1
# text = It applies only to music
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | It | music |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hours of practice are irrelevant in comparison with inborn talent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e2:o2:1
# text = Hours of practice are irrelevant in comparison with inborn talent
1	Hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	irrelevant	irrelevant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	inborn	inborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hours of practice |  |  | comparison with inborn talent |  | irrelevant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Precisely ten thousand hours are required for any skill whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e2:o3:1
# text = Precisely ten thousand hours are required for any skill whatsoever
1	Precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive |  | thousand hours |  |  |  | for any skill; whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |

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

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No magic number exists, and the quality of practice matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e2:o4:1
# text = No magic number exists, and the quality of practice matters
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | no magic number |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **matter** | present | the quality of practice |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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