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title: ★★★ The man says five shillings is «three-and-sixpence more than the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The man says five shillings is «three-and-sixpence more than the animal's worth». So what does he say the horse is worth? Test 15 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

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★★★ The man says five shillings is «three-and-sixpence more than the animal's worth». So what does he say the horse is worth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, five shillings, horse · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** sixpence · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The man says five shillings is «three-and-sixpence more than the animal's worth».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:1
# text = ★★★ The man says five shillings is «three-and-sixpence more than the animal's worth».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ ★ the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | five shillings | sixpence |  |  |  |  | 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:* So what does he say the horse is worth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:2
# text = So what does he say the horse is worth?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | the horse |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Two shillings and sixpence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:o1:1
# text = Two shillings and sixpence
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One shilling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:o2:1
# text = One shilling
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One shilling and sixpence in cash and a bag of oats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:o3:1
# text = One shilling and sixpence in cash and a bag of oats
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	oats	oat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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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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One shilling and sixpence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t15:o4:1
# text = One shilling and sixpence
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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