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title: Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress." What's the point? — Disappointed: when things don't go the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress." What's the point? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right
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# Test 7 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

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Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress." What's the point?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** choir teacher, Practice, point · **What happens:** say, make, be · **To what, where:** progress · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection 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/reflection/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:1
# text = Zoe's choir teacher says, "Practice makes progress."
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zoe's choir teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | present | Practice | progress |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset progress=Product |

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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 the point?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:2
# text = What's the point?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	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 point |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With practice, she can improve and try again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:o1:1
# text = With practice, she can improve and try again
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	improve	improve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | can | she |  |  |  |  | with practice | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only singers who are already perfect should bother to practise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:o2:1
# text = Only singers who are already perfect should bother to practise
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bother	bother	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | singers |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bother** | should | singers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **practise** | to-infinitive | singers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Practice is pointless if you weren't picked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:o3:1
# text = Practice is pointless if you weren't picked
1	Practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Practice |  |  |  |  | pointless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **pick** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She should give up and try a sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:reflection:25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped:t7:o4:1
# text = She should give up and try a sport
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | should | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **try** | infinitive | She *not said here* | a sport |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Eventuality |

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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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