Test 18 · ★ · The library and books

apparently a girl hid a library book she ruined and now she owes like a million dollars in fines. what's probably exaggerated?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: hide, ruin, owe, exaggerate · To what, where: library book, fines

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 hid	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 book	det
6	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 book	compound
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ruined	nsubj
9	ruined	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 book	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 owes	cc
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 owes	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 owes	nsubj
13	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ruined	ccomp
14	like	like	ADP	_	17 dollars	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 million	det
16	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 dollars	nummod
17	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 owes	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 fines	case
19	fines	fine	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 owes	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 exaggerated	nsubj:pass
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 exaggerated	aux
23	probably	probably	ADV	_	24 exaggerated	advmod
24	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hid	parataxis
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	a girl	a library book			apparently property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient
2	ruin	past	girl	a library book not said here				tree rules
3	owe	present	girl		fines	now	like million dollars	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	exaggerate	present · passive					probably property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A million; tell the librarian, hiding makes it worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 million	det
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 tell	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 librarian	det
6	librarian	librarian	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
8	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 makes	nsubj
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive	a million	the librarian		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient
2	hide	gerund				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	present		librarian	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2

That books can be damaged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 books	det
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 damaged	nsubj:pass
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 damaged	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 damaged	aux:pass
5	damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	can · passive		that books					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

That lost books are paid for by the person who borrowed them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 books	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 books	amod
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux:pass
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 person	det
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 borrowed	nsubj
11	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 person	acl:relcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 borrowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	book		That			tree rules
3	pay	present · passive		lost books	for the person	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for person=Theme
4	borrow	past	the person	books = book		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

That libraries lend books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 libraries	det
2	libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lend	nsubj
3	lend	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	present	that libraries	books					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme

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