Exam question 3 · The library and books

Select the response consistent with established practice regarding the marking of one's place in a library book.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, regard, mark · To what, where: response, place

This is exam question 3 of lesson 259 «The library and books» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 practice	amod
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 marking	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 marking	det
10	marking	marking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 practice	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 place	case
12	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 place	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 one	case
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marking	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 book	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 book	det
17	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 book	compound
18	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 place	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mark			one's place in a library book	nom marking «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1

The book is left open face down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 face	amod
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	down	down	ADV	_	4 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave down	present · passive		the book				down property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme face=Attribute

Option 2

A pen is placed inside the book and the book is closed upon it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 pen	det
2	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 book	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 book	det
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 closed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 closed	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 closed	aux:pass
12	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 placed	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		a pen		the book			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme inside book=Destination
2	close	present · passive		the book				upon pen	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

The page corner is folded down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 corner	det
2	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 corner	compound
3	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 folded	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 folded	aux:pass
5	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 folded	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold down	present · passive		the page corner					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A bookmark is used, pages not folded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bookmark	det
2	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 used	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 used	aux:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pages	punct
6	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 folded	advmod
8	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 used	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		a bookmark				pages obl	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	not fold	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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