Test 6 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

Which is true about the library?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 library	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 library	det
6	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the library; true 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

Late books never matter, so keep them as long as you like

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 books	amod
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 matter	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 keep	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 like	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 like	nsubj
13	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not matter	present	Late books			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	keep	infinitive	Late books not said here	books = book	long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	like	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

The library is a good place to play tag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 library	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 place	acl
9	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the library	a good place					tree rules
2	play	to-infinitive		tag					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People speak quietly because others are reading

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 speak	nsubj
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 reading	mark
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reading	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reading	aux
7	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 speak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	People					quietly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	read	present · progressive	others						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Damaged books should be hidden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Damaged	damage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 books	amod
2	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hidden	nsubj:pass
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hidden	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 hidden	aux:pass
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	damage	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hide	should · passive		Damaged books					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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