--- title: Teacher: «You were at the library? Both of you? Which book?» Why ask… — Stories that change · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher: «You were at the library? Both of you? Which book?» Why ask them separately? Test 5 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/t5/) [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/) / [Stories that change](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/449-stories-that-change/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Stories that change Teacher: «You were at the library? Both of you? Which book?» Why ask them separately? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teacher, you · **What happens:** be, ask · **To what, where:** library, them This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher: «You were at the library? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:1 # text = Teacher: «You were at the library? 1 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Teacher | | | the library | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Both of you? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:2 # text = Both of you? 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Which book?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:3 # text = Which book?» 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 4:* Why ask them separately? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:4 # text = Why ask them separately? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 separately separately ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | them *= they* | | | separately *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Real memories match on small details ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:o1:1 # text = Real memories match on small details 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 match match VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **match** | present | Real memories | | | small details | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} To make them miss their lunch as a punishment ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:o2:1 # text = To make them miss their lunch as a punishment 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 lunch lunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **miss** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | their lunch | | | | as a punishment | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lunch=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} So they can't hear the answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:o3:1 # text = So they can't hear the answer 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | can | they | the answer | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Because teachers like books ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:449-stories-that-change:t5:o4:1 # text = Because teachers like books 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 2 case _ _ 2 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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