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title: Ivan reckons he's tone deaf after one bad try. What would most likel… — Singing, choirs and talent shows · tree and pragmatics
description: Ivan reckons he's tone deaf after one bad try. What would most likely happen if he practised for a term? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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 wa
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# Test 6 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

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Ivan reckons he's tone deaf after one bad try. What would most likely happen if he practised for a term?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ivan · **What happens:** reckon, be, happen, practise

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ivan reckons he's tone deaf after one bad try.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:1
# text = Ivan reckons he's tone deaf after one bad try.
1	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	tone	tone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	deaf	deaf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ivan |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Ivan |  |  |  | after one bad try | deaf *property* | 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 would most likely happen if he practised for a term?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:2
# text = What would most likely happen if he practised for a term?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	practised	practise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **practise** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ivan |  |  |  |  | for a term | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He would lose his voice for good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:o1:1
# text = He would lose his voice for good
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would | He | his voice |  |  |  | for good | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He would get worse and worse with every single lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:o2:1
# text = He would get worse and worse with every single lesson
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | He |  |  |  |  | with every single lesson; bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing could change at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:o3:1
# text = Nothing could change at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | could | Nothing |  |  | all |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He would probably sing in tune much better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t6:o4:1
# text = He would probably sing in tune much better
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | would | He |  |  | tune |  | good, probably *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tune=Location |

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