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title: After three weeks of guitar, a girl in Arizona can play two songs, t… — Learning a skill, and coins and notes · tree and pragmatics
description: After three weeks of guitar, a girl in Arizona can play two songs, though her friend can play ten. How should she see her progress? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

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After three weeks of guitar, a girl in Arizona can play two songs, though her friend can play ten. How should she see her progress?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** play, see, progress · **To what, where:** two songs, ten, progress

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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/260-learning-skills-and-coins/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* After three weeks of guitar, a girl in Arizona can play two songs, though her friend can play ten.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:1
# text = After three weeks of guitar, a girl in Arizona can play two songs, though her friend can play ten.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Arizona	Arizona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
21	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | can |  | two songs |  |  | week |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | can | Arizona's friend | ten |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Theme |

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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:* How should she see her progress?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:2
# text = How should she see her progress?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
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	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | should | friend | friend's progress |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer progress=Stimulus |
| 2 | **progress** |  | friend |  |  |  |  |  | nom progress «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She has improved a lot since she started

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:o1:1
# text = She has improved a lot since she started
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | present · perfect | She | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She should quit because her friend is better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:o2:1
# text = She should quit because her friend is better
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	quit	quit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quit** | should | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | her friend |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She must catch up with her friend by tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:o3:1
# text = She must catch up with her friend by tomorrow
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch up** | must | She |  |  |  | tomorrow | with her friend | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is hopeless at guitar and always will be

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t6:o4:1
# text = She is hopeless at guitar and always will be
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hopeless	hopeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | guitar |  | hopeless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | future | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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