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title: A kid says, "Sleep is wasted time, I'll practise the dance till midn… — Being bad at something and keeping going · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid says, "Sleep is wasted time, I'll practise the dance till midnight." What is true? Test 7 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · Being bad at something and keeping going

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A kid says, "Sleep is wasted time, I'll practise the dance till midnight." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** say, waste, practise, be · **To what, where:** Sleep, dance · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid says, "Sleep is wasted time, I'll practise the dance till midnight."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:1
# text = A kid says, "Sleep is wasted time, I'll practise the dance till midnight."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	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	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	wasted	waste	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	till	till	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **waste** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | Sleep |  |  | time |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **practise** *in a quote* | future | a kid *= kid* | the dance |  |  | midnight |  | tree rules |

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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 is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sleep makes you forget everything you learned that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:o1:1
# text = Sleep makes you forget everything you learned that day
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Sleep | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | you *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | past | you |  |  |  | day |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Practising tired for hours always works best for dancers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:o2:1
# text = Practising tired for hours always works best for dancers
1	Practising	practise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dancers	dancer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | Practising |  |  |  |  | for dancers; always, well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for dancer=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Sleep helps lock in new skills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:o3:1
# text = Sleep helps lock in new skills
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Sleep |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **lock** | infinitive | Sleep *not said here* |  |  | new skills |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rest is only for grown-ups, not for children learning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going:t7:o4:1
# text = Rest is only for grown-ups, not for children learning
1	Rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	ups	up	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
12	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Rest |  |  |  |  | for grown ups | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | gerund | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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