--- title: It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. Select… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. Select the response consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/e3/) [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/) / [Catch and release, practising well and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. Select the response consistent with established guidance. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** practice, you · **What happens:** give, become, practice, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, skill, response This is exam question 3 of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:1 # text = It is given that practice of a skill has become frustrating. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 frustrating frustrating ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | present · perfect | that practice of a skill | | | | | frustrating *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **practice** | | | a skill | | | | | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Select the response consistent with established guidance. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:2 # text = Select the response consistent with established guidance. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 guidance guidance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The skill shall be practised only at full speed ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:o1:1 # text = The skill shall be practised only at full speed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** | shall · passive | | the skill | | full speed | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The skill shall be abandoned entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:o2:1 # text = The skill shall be abandoned entirely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abandon** | shall · passive | | the skill | | | | entirely *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} The skill shall be attempted once a month only, in order that frustration be avoided entirely ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:o3:1 # text = The skill shall be attempted once a month only, in order that frustration be avoided entirely 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 attempted attempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 frustration frustration NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:unmarked _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 avoided avoid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attempt** | shall · passive | | the skill | | order that frustration | | once *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **avoid** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | entirely *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The skill shall be broken into small steps, practised one at a time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:e3:o4:1 # text = The skill shall be broken into small steps, practised one at a time 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | shall · passive | | the skill | | | | into small steps *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into step=Result | | 2 | **practise** | past | | one | | | time | | tree rules | **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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