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title: You want to learn a hard piece of piano music and you feel like givi… — Catch and release, practising well and… · tree and pragmatics
description: You want to learn a hard piece of piano music and you feel like giving up. What is the best plan? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Catch and release, practising well and sharing sports gear

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You want to learn a hard piece of piano music and you feel like giving up. What is the best plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, best plan · **What happens:** want, learn, feel, give up, be · **To what, where:** hard piece

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You want to learn a hard piece of piano music and you feel like giving up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:1
# text = You want to learn a hard piece of piano music and you feel like giving up.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | a hard piece of piano music |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic |
| 3 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **give up** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 is the best plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:2
# text = What is the best plan?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best plan |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Learn a few bars at a time, then join them up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:o1:1
# text = Learn a few bars at a time, then join them up
1	Learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | a few bars |  |  | time |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Topic |
| 2 | **join up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | bars *= bar* |  |  | then |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Play the whole piece again and again at full speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:o2:1
# text = Play the whole piece again and again at full speed
1	Play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | the whole piece |  | full speed | again |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wait until you feel ready to play it all perfectly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:o3:1
# text = Wait until you feel ready to play it all perfectly
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
10	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | present | you |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Choose only easy pieces from now on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:305-fishing-practising-and-shared-gear:t5:o4:1
# text = Choose only easy pieces from now on
1	Choose	choose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | imperative | you *not said here* | easy pieces |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |

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