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title: Which shows a person looking after a library book well? — The library and books · tree and pragmatics
description: Which shows a person looking after a library book well? Test 3 · ★ 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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# Test 3 · ★ · The library and books

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Which shows a person looking after a library book well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** show, look · **To what, where:** person

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t3:1
# text = Which shows a person looking after a library book well?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  |  | a person |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | after a library book | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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Reading it in the bath, holding it up out of the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t3:o1:1
# text = Reading it in the bath, holding it up out of the water
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | it |  | the bath |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **hold up** | gerund |  | bath |  | the water |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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

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Using a bookmark and keeping it in a dry bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t3:o2:1
# text = Using a bookmark and keeping it in a dry bag
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bookmark	bookmark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | a bookmark |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bookmark=Patient |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund |  | bookmark |  | a dry bag |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bag=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Using it as a mat to rest a cup of hot cocoa on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t3:o3:1
# text = Using it as a mat to rest a cup of hot cocoa on
1	Using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | as a mat | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as mat=Attribute |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  | a cup of hot cocoa |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cup=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Folding the pages right back so it stays open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t3:o4:1
# text = Folding the pages right back so it stays open
1	Folding	fold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pages	page	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | gerund |  | the pages |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent page=Patient |
| 2 | **stay** | present | it |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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