--- title: Why does stage fright not mean you will do badly? — Facing fears · tree and pragmatics description: Why does stage fright not mean you will do badly? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/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/) / [Facing fears](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/90-facing-fears/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Facing fears Why does stage fright not mean you will do badly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not mean, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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/90-facing-fears/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t2:1 # text = Why does stage fright not mean you will do badly? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mean** | present · do-support | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | future | you | | | | | badly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Almost everyone feels it, and it often fades once you start ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t2:o1:1 # text = Almost everyone feels it, and it often fades once you start 1 Almost almost ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 fades fade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 once once SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | everyone | it | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **fade** | present | it | | | | | often *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **start** | present | you | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} It only happens to bad actors ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t2:o2:1 # text = It only happens to bad actors 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 actors actor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | It | | | | | to bad actors | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes your voice louder and better ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t2:o3:1 # text = It makes your voice louder and better 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | your voice | | | | loud *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material voice=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means you have not practised enough and will forget your lines ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:90-facing-fears:t2:o4:1 # text = It means you have not practised enough and will forget your lines 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 enough enough ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **practise** | present · perfect | you | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **forget** | future | | your lines | | | | | 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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