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title: apparently a girl hid a library book she ruined and now she owes lik… — The library and books · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a girl hid a library book she ruined and now she owes like a million dollars in fines. what's probably exaggerated? Test 18 · ★ 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
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# Test 18 · ★ · The library and books

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apparently a girl hid a library book she ruined and now she owes like a million dollars in fines. what's probably exaggerated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** hide, ruin, owe, exaggerate · **To what, where:** library book, fines

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» 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/259-library-and-books/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t18:1
# text = apparently a girl hid a library book she ruined and now she owes like a million dollars in fines. what's probably exaggerated?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	owes	owe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	fines	fine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | a girl | a library book |  |  |  | apparently *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient |
| 2 | **ruin** | past | girl | a library book *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **owe** | present | girl |  |  | fines | now | like million dollars | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | probably *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A million; tell the librarian, hiding makes it worse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t18:o1:1
# text = A million; tell the librarian, hiding makes it worse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	librarian	librarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	nsubj	_	_
9	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	worse	bad	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | a million | the librarian |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient |
| 2 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present |  | librarian |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That books can be damaged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t18:o2:1
# text = That books can be damaged
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	damaged	damage	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 | **damage** | can · passive |  | that books |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That lost books are paid for by the person who borrowed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t18:o3:1
# text = That lost books are paid for by the person who borrowed them
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **book** |  | That |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | present · passive |  | lost books |  |  |  | for the person | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for person=Theme |
| 4 | **borrow** | past | the person | books *= book* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That libraries lend books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t18:o4:1
# text = That libraries lend books
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	libraries	library	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lend	lend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | present | that libraries | books |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

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