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description: Ascertain the method of practice most appropriate for correcting an error that recurs at one place in a piece of music. Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Being bad at something and keeping going

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Ascertain the method of practice most appropriate for correcting an error that recurs at one place in a piece of music.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, error · **What happens:** ascertain, correct, recur · **To what, where:** method, error, one place

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the method of practice most appropriate for correcting an error that recurs at one place in a piece of music.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	correcting	correct	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	recurs	recur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 method of practice |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic |
| 2 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | gerund | you *not said here* | a error |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent error=Patient |
| 3 | **recur** | present | a error |  |  | one place in a piece of music |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at place=Location |

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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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Abandonment of the piece in favour of a different one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e4:o1:1
# text = Abandonment of the piece in favour of a different one
1	Abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** |  |  | the piece in favour of a different one |  |  |  |  | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **favour** |  |  | a different one |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Slow, correct repetition of that passage, then rejoining it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e4:o2:1
# text = Slow, correct repetition of that passage, then rejoining it
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	rejoining	rejoin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rejoin** | gerund |  | passage |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **repeat** |  | that passage |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Repeated performance of the entire piece at increased speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e4:o3:1
# text = Repeated performance of the entire piece at increased speed
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **perform** |  |  | the entire piece |  | increased speed |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Omission of the difficult passage in all future performances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:e4:o4:1
# text = Omission of the difficult passage in all future performances
1	Omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	performances	performance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **omit** |  |  | the difficult passage in all future performances |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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