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title: mate, how much dosh did the Bricklayer offer for lugging his plaster? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: mate, how much dosh did the Bricklayer offer for lugging his plaster? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio…

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mate, how much dosh did the Bricklayer offer for lugging his plaster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** do, lug · **To what, where:** Bricklayer offer, plaster

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» 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/1401-pg500-part14/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t1:1
# text = mate, how much dosh did the Bricklayer offer for lugging his plaster?
1	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dosh	dosh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Bricklayer	bricklayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	lugging	lug	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | mate and much dosh | the Bricklayer offer |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lug** | gerund | mate and much dosh *not said here* | his plaster |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plaster=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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a few sovereigns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t1:o1:1
# text = a few sovereigns
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sovereigns	sovereign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three quid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t1:o2:1
# text = three quid
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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five pennies and a bag of crisps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t1:o3:1
# text = five pennies and a bag of crisps
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
five pennies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t1:o4:1
# text = five pennies
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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