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title: ★★★ Toad got six shillings and sixpence. How much MORE is that than… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Toad got six shillings and sixpence. How much MORE is that than the first offer of «a shilling a leg»? Test 16 · ★★★ 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 p
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# Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

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★★★ Toad got six shillings and sixpence. How much MORE is that than the first offer of «a shilling a leg»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, that · **What happens:** get, be, shill · **To what, where:** six shillings

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This is test 16 · ★★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad got six shillings and sixpence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Toad got six shillings and sixpence.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | ★ ★ ★ Toad | six shillings and sixpence |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shilling=Stimulus |

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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:* How much MORE is that than the first offer of «a shilling a leg»?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16:2
# text = How much MORE is that than the first offer of «a shilling a leg»?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	MORE	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	shilling	shill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | than the MORE first offer; of a shilling leg | tree rules |
| 2 | **shill** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Three shillings and sixpence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16:o1:1
# text = Three shillings and sixpence
1	Three	three	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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Sixpence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16:o2:1
# text = Sixpence
1	Sixpence	sixpence	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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Two shillings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16: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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Two shillings and sixpence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:t16:o4:1
# 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.

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