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title: Which is the best way to get a busy librarian's attention? — Respect for everyone, greetings, goodb… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the best way to get a busy librarian's attention? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

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Which is the best way to get a busy librarian's attention?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** busy librarian · **What happens:** be, get, attend · **To what, where:** best way, attention

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t6:1
# text = Which is the best way to get a busy librarian's attention?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	librarian	librarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | a busy librarian's attention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
| 3 | **attend** |  | a busy librarian |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Calling "Hey, lady!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t6:o1:1
# text = Calling "Hey, lady!"
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Hey	hey	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  | lady |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Waving a book right in front of her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t6:o2:1
# text = Waving a book right in front of her face
1	Waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | gerund |  | a book |  |  |  | in front of her face | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent book=Patient in front=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Clicking your fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t6:o3:1
# text = Clicking your fingers
1	Clicking	click	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **click** | gerund |  | your fingers |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location finger=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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"Excuse me, could you help me?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:221-respect-greetings-goodbyes-and-the-table:t6:o4:1
# text = "Excuse me, could you help me?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Excuse	excuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excuse** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **help** *in a quote* | could | you |  | me |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary |

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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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