--- title: Identify the principal reason for which conversation within a librar… — Shops, restaurants and libraries · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which conversation within a library is conducted quietly. Exam question 4 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Shops, restaurants and libraries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Shops, restaurants and libraries Identify the principal reason for which conversation within a library is conducted quietly. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, conduct · **To what, where:** principal reason, library This is exam question 4 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e4:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which conversation within a library is conducted quietly. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 7 det _ _ 7 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 library library 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 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 13 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | for which conversation | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **conduct** | present · passive | | a library | | | | quietly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Librarians impose fines for every spoken word ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e4:o1:1 # text = Librarians impose fines for every spoken word 1 Librarians librarian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 impose impose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fines fine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | present | Librarians | fines | | | | for every spoken word | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Other persons are engaged in reading and study ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e4:o2:1 # text = Other persons are engaged in reading and study 1 Other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engage** | present · passive | | Other persons | | | | in reading and study *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in reading=Goal | ### Option 3 {#o3} Speech is prohibited by national statute in all public libraries ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e4:o3:1 # text = Speech is prohibited by national statute in all public libraries 1 Speech speech 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 prohibited prohibit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 9 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | national statute | Speech | | all public libraries | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Books are damaged by loud noise ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e4:o4:1 # text = Books are damaged by loud noise 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 damaged damage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **damage** | present · passive | loud noise | Books | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | **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. 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