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What is the best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, fingers, I, guitar, nesh, best answer · **What happens:** go, hurt, be, not be, mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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/37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "My fingers hurt after a week, I'm nesh, guitar's not for me" ("nesh" means soft). ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:1 # text = Your mate goes, "My fingers hurt after a week, I'm nesh, guitar's not for me" ("nesh" means soft). 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 nesh nesh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 guitar guitar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 nesh nesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 27 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hurt** *in a quote* | past | My fingers | | | | week | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | nesh *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | guitar | | | | | for me | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | present | nesh | | | | | soft *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is the best answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:2 # text = What is the best answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the best answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He presses wrong strings ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:o1:1 # text = He presses wrong strings 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 presses press VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | He | wrong strings | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He is right, some fingers always hurt on strings ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:o2:1 # text = He is right, some fingers always hurt on strings 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hurt** | participle · passive | | some fingers | | strings | | always *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Everyone's fingers hurt at first; they toughen up ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:o3:1 # text = Everyone's fingers hurt at first; they toughen up 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 toughen toughen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present | Everyone's fingers | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **toughen up** | present | fingers *= finger* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He should use sharper strings to toughen up ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t1:o4:1 # text = He should use sharper strings to toughen up 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 sharper sharp ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 toughen toughen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | should | He | sharper strings | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | | 2 | **toughen up** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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