--- title: Which is true about getting better at a skill? — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about getting better at a skill? Test 2 · ★ 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 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear Which is true about getting better at a skill? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** skill This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 305 «Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear» 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/305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t2:1 # text = Which is true about getting better at a skill? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | gerund | | | | a skill | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} You either have talent or you never improve ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t2:o1:1 # text = You either have talent or you never improve 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 advmod _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 improve improve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | You | talent | | | | either *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **improve** | present | you | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Small steps practised often add up to big improvement ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t2:o2:1 # text = Small steps practised often add up to big improvement 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 often often ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 add add VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 improvement improvement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** | participle | | Small steps *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | Small steps | | | | | to big improvement; often *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to improvement=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Getting frustrated means you should stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t2:o3:1 # text = Getting frustrated means you should stop 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 frustrated frustrated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | frustrated *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | present | Getting | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** | should | you | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Practising once a year is enough ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t2:o4:1 # text = Practising once a year is enough 1 Practising practise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **practise** | gerund | | | | | year | once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | Practising | | | | | enough *property* | 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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