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# Exam question 3 · The library and books

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/259-library-and-books/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established practice regarding the marking of one's place in a library book.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	marking	marking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

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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 {#o1}

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The book is left open face down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e3:o1:1
# text = The book is left open face down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e3:o2:1
# text = A pen is placed inside the book and the book is closed upon it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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The page corner is folded down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e3:o3:1
# text = The page corner is folded down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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A bookmark is used, pages not folded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e3:o4:1
# text = A bookmark is used, pages not folded
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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