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title: It is given that the first offer was «a shilling a leg» for a horse.… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the first offer was «a shilling a leg» for a horse. Compute the sum thereby offered. Exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

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It is given that the first offer was «a shilling a leg» for a horse. Compute the sum thereby offered.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** first offer, you · **What happens:** give, shill, compute, offer · **To what, where:** It, leg, sum

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the first offer was «a shilling a leg» for a horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:1
# text = It is given that the first offer was «a shilling a leg» for a horse.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	shilling	shill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **shill** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the first offer | a leg |  |  |  | for a horse | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Compute the sum thereby offered.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:2
# text = Compute the sum thereby offered.
1	Compute	compute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compute** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Result |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | the sum *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Three shillings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:o1:1
# text = Three shillings
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Four pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:o2:1
# text = Four pence
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two shillings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:o3:1
# text = Two shillings
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Four shillings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e3:o4:1
# text = Four shillings
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shillings	shilling	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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