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title: what book did he reckon the kids would dig? — The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad,… · tree and pragmatics
description: what book did he reckon the kids would dig? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy…

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what book did he reckon the kids would dig?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** book, kids · **What happens:** reckon, dig

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books 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/books/1276-pg3454-part1/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t9:1
# text = what book did he reckon the kids would dig?
1	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | what book |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **dig** | would | the kids |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Grey True Ghost-Story Book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t9:o1:1
# text = The Grey True Ghost-Story Book
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
4	Ghost	Ghost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Grey True Ghost-Story Book and the Blue Fairy Book together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t9:o2:1
# text = The Grey True Ghost-Story Book and the Blue Fairy Book together
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	Grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
4	Ghost	Ghost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	Blue	Blue	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Red True Adventure Book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t9:o3:1
# text = The Red True Adventure Book
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	True	True	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	Adventure	Adventure	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A long collection of the oldest sea-stories from every corner of the world

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t9:o4:1
# text = A long collection of the oldest sea-stories from every corner of the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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