--- title: my mate says if u practise piano for 7 hours on Sunday it's the same… — Music practice and ball games · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says if u practise piano for 7 hours on Sunday it's the same as every day. right? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/t19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Music practice and ball games](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★ · Music practice and ball games my mate says if u practise piano for 7 hours on Sunday it's the same as every day. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, u · **What happens:** say, practise, be · **To what, where:** piano · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball games» of the everyday 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/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t19:1 # text = my mate says if u practise piano for 7 hours on Sunday it's the same as every day. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 practise practise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 7 piano piano NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 7 7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 21 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **practise** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | u | piano | | | hour | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | mate | | | | day | same *property* | tree rules | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, longer is always better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t19:o1:1 # text = Yes, longer is always better 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | longer | | | | | always, good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, the total is what counts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t19:o2:1 # text = Yes, the total is what counts 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 total total NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 7 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the total | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | present | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, short daily practice builds skill faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t19:o3:1 # text = No, short daily practice builds skill faster 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 builds build VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | present | short daily practice | skill | | | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, practice doesn't help at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:246-music-practice-and-ball-safety:t19:o4:1 # text = No, practice doesn't help at all 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | practice | | | all | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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