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title: Ascertain an indication that a book may presently be too difficult. — The library and books · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain an indication that a book may presently be too difficult. Exam question 4 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · The library and books

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Ascertain an indication that a book may presently be too difficult.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, book · **What happens:** ascertain, be · **To what, where:** indication

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e4:1
# text = Ascertain an indication that a book may presently be too difficult.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | a indication |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indication=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | may | a book |  |  |  |  | difficult, presently *property* | tree rules |

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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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Fewer than five pictures in the book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e4:o1:1
# text = Fewer than five pictures in the book
1	Fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More than about five unknown words on the first page

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e4:o2:1
# text = More than about five unknown words on the first page
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cover of a dark colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e4:o3:1
# text = A cover of a dark colour
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More than ten chapters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:e4:o4:1
# text = More than ten chapters
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	chapters	chapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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