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title: Mad, what did Whittington reckon being Lord Mayor would mean? — pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 4… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mad, what did Whittington reckon being Lord Mayor would mean? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 9 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is t…

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Mad, what did Whittington reckon being Lord Mayor would mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whittington, Lord · **What happens:** reckon, be, mean · **To what, where:** Lord

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1462 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat, part 49: a hungry boy is taken in, buys a cat, and sends her to sea» 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/1462-pg503-part49/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t9:1
# text = Mad, what did Whittington reckon being Lord Mayor would mean?
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | Whittington |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | Lord |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | would | Lord |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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 {#o1}

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Having a grand house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t9:o1:1
# text = Having a grand house
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wearing a fine cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t9:o2:1
# text = Wearing a fine cloak
1	Wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | a fine cloak |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Living in a great house with servants and a horse of his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t9:o3:1
# text = Living in a great house with servants and a horse of his own
1	Living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  | a great house |  | with servants and a horse of horse's own | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

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

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Riding in a fine coach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1462-pg503-part49:t9:o4:1
# text = Riding in a fine coach
1	Riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | a fine coach |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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