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title: Identify the distinction between fiction and non-fiction. — The library and books · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the distinction between fiction and non-fiction. Exam question 1 of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · The library and books

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Identify the distinction between fiction and non-fiction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** distinction

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This is exam question 1 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/259-library-and-books/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e1:1
# text = Identify the distinction between fiction and non-fiction.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the distinction |  |  |  | between fiction and non-fiction | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fiction is invented; non-fiction gives true information

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e1:o1:1
# text = Fiction is invented; non-fiction gives true information
1	Fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | present · passive |  | Fiction |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **give** | present | non-fiction | true information |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both give only true information about the real world, in different forms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e1:o2:1
# text = Both give only true information about the real world, in different forms
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Both | true information |  | different forms |  | about the real world | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both are wholly invented

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e1:o3:1
# text = Both are wholly invented
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fiction is true; non-fiction is invented

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e1:o4:1
# text = Fiction is true; non-fiction is invented
1	Fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	non-fiction	non-fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fiction |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **invent** | present · passive |  | non-fiction |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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