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title: Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!" What should… — Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!" What should she check first? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» 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 wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

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Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!" What should she check first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, it · **What happens:** practise, squeak, check

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:1
# text = Ruby: "Practised a million times and it still squeaks!"
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Practised	practise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	squeaks	squeak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** *in a quote* | participle | Ruby |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **squeak** *in a quote* | present | it |  |  |  | still |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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 she check first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:2
# text = What should she check first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | should | Ruby |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Blowing much harder so the squeak gets drowned out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:o1:1
# text = Blowing much harder so the squeak gets drowned out
1	Blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	csubj:pass	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squeak	squeak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **drown out** | present · passive | Blowing |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Practising a million more times, changing nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:o2:1
# text = Practising a million more times, changing nothing
1	Practising	practise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | gerund |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pressing the holes with her hard fingertips instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:o3:1
# text = Pressing the holes with her hard fingertips instead
1	Pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fingertips	fingertip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | gerund |  | the holes |  |  |  | with her hard fingertips; instead *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Theme |

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

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Soft, steady breath and flat finger pads over the holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t12:o4:1
# text = Soft, steady breath and flat finger pads over the holes
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	pads	pad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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