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title: «Library till 6!» It shuts at 5. What would happen if Sophie said wh… — Stories that change · tree and pragmatics
description: «Library till 6!» It shuts at 5. What would happen if Sophie said where she really was? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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 · ★ · Stories that change

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«Library till 6!» It shuts at 5. What would happen if Sophie said where she really was?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, Sophie · **What happens:** shut, happen, say, be · **To what, where:** 5 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 449 «Stories that change» 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/449-stories-that-change/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Library till 6!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:1
# text = «Library till 6!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Library	Library	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	till	till	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* It shuts at 5.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:2
# text = It shuts at 5.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shuts	shut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | present | It |  |  | 5 |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* What would happen if Sophie said where she really was?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:3
# text = What would happen if Sophie said where she really was?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **be** | past | Sophie |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Much more trouble than now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:o1:1
# text = Much more trouble than now
1	Much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Less trouble than being caught lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:o2:1
# text = Less trouble than being caught lying
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | gerund · passive |  | Less trouble *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The library would stay open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:o3:1
# text = The library would stay open
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | would | the library |  |  |  |  | open *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Mum would never ask about the library again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t3:o4:1
# text = Mum would never ask about the library again
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | would | Mum |  |  |  | again | about the library | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about library=Topic |

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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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