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title: Library lady: «This page is torn. Who had this book?» The girl did.… — Breaking things and hiding the pieces · tree and pragmatics
description: Library lady: «This page is torn. Who had this book?» The girl did. What is best? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces

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Library lady: «This page is torn. Who had this book?» The girl did. What is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Library lady, girl · **What happens:** tear, have, do, be · **To what, where:** page, book

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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/342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Library lady: «This page is torn.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:1
# text = Library lady: «This page is torn.
1	Library	Library	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** *in a quote* | present · passive | Library lady *not said here* | this page |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who had this book?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:2
# text = Who had this book?»
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past |  | this book |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* The girl did.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:3
# text = The girl did.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 4:* What is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:4
# text = What is best?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tell her, so the book can be mended

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:o1:1
# text = Tell her, so the book can be mended
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	mended	mend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **mend** | can · passive |  | the book |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Push the book back on the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:o2:1
# text = Push the book back on the shelf
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the book |  | the shelf |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent book=Theme on shelf=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tear the page out fully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:o3:1
# text = Tear the page out fully
1	Tear	tear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the page |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location page=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Say it came torn from the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:342-breaking-things-and-hiding-the-pieces:t8:o4:1
# text = Say it came torn from the shelf
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tear** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | from the shelf | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from shelf=Co-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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