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title: Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is po… — Chores you skipped · tree and pragmatics
description: Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is pointless». What's true? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Chores you skipped

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Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is pointless». What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** practice, my · **What happens:** skip, get, be, spell · **To what, where:** Kid, 10

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 350 «Chores you skipped» 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/350-chores-you-skipped/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is pointless».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:1
# text = Kid: «skipped my spellings twice and still got 10, so practice is pointless».
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	skipped	skip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	spellings	spelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** *in a quote* | past |  | Kid |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Agent |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  | 10 |  |  | still |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 10=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | practice |  |  |  |  | pointless *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **spell** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=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's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:2
# text = What's true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Practice really is pointless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:o1:1
# text = Practice really is pointless
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | pointless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Being lucky twice doesn't mean the words are learned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:o2:1
# text = Being lucky twice doesn't mean the words are learned
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	csubj	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
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	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | lucky, twice *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **learn** | present · passive |  | the words |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He's a natural speller, so practising would only waste his time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:o3:1
# text = He's a natural speller, so practising would only waste his time
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	speller	speller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
8	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	waste	waste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a natural speller |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **practise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **waste** | would |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spelling tests are easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:350-chores-you-skipped:t7:o4:1
# text = Spelling tests are easy
1	Spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Spelling tests |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |

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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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