--- title: When a test is announced, revising (going over what you learned) a l… — Tests, exams and mistakes · tree and pragmatics description: When a test is announced, revising (going over what you learned) a little on several different days works better than cramming (trying to learn it all at once) the night before, because spread-out practice helps the brain remember for longer. Who acts: you, revising, out practice, brain. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, revising, out practice, brain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes.lesson:0 # text = When a test is announced, revising (going over what you learned) a little on several different days works better than cramming (trying to learn it all at once) the night before, because spread-out practice helps the brain remember for longer. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = everyday # lesson = 255-tests-exams-and-mistakes.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=0:root 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 revising revise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 csubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:nsubj 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 10 over over SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=5:conj 22 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 xcomp _ _ 23 than than SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 cramming cram VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ _ 26 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 nmod:unmarked _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 advmod _ _ 33 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 before before ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 spread spread NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ _ 41 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=5:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | present · passive | | a test | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **revise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **learn** | past | you | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **work** | present | revising | a little | | | | good *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cram** | gerund | revising *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **try** | gerund | revising *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **learn** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | revising *not said here* | test | | | | once *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **help** | present | out practice | the brain | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brain=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 10 | **remember** | infinitive | the brain *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:everyday:255-tests-exams-and-mistakes.lesson:0`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×2. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Classroom rules and homework, 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/23/) - next →: [Tests, exams and mistakes, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/255-tests-exams-and-mistakes/)