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title: A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("… — Being bad at something and keeping going · tree and pragmatics
description: A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant). What should he remember? Test 3 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 each option;
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# Test 3 · Being bad at something and keeping going

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A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant). What should he remember?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** London kid, kid, peng · **What happens:** say, be, try, mean, remember · **To what, where:** piano, trash · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:1
# text = A London kid says, "She's peng at piano, I'm trash, why even try" ("peng" means brilliant).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	peng	peng	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	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	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	19	advmod	_	_
18	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	peng	peng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
25	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
26	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a London kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | kid |  |  | piano |  | peng *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a London kid *= kid* | trash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **try** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **mean** | present | peng |  |  |  |  | brilliant *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should he remember?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:2
# text = What should he remember?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | should | peng |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She was born playing piano perfectly with no practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:o1:1
# text = She was born playing piano perfectly with no practice
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  | piano |  |  |  | with no practice; perfectly *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent piano=Theme with practice=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People who are trash at first are trash for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:o2:1
# text = People who are trash at first are trash for ever
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	trash	trash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | People | trash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | People | trash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only famous people can learn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:o3:1
# text = Only famous people can learn
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | can | famous people |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He is seeing her best take after years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t3:o4:1
# text = He is seeing her best take after years
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	aux	_	_
3	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	take	take	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · progressive | He | her best take |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer take=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom take «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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