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title: wait so four annas, is that like real money? — The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephan… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so four annas, is that like real money? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 3 · ★ · The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Peterse…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait so four annas, is that like real money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** four annas, that

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 626 «The Jungle Book, Toomai of the Elephants, part 27: Petersen Sahib praises Little Toomai, and Kala Nag breaks loose at night» 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/626-pg236-part27/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t3:1
# text = wait so four annas, is that like real money?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | four annas |  |  |  | like real money | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | that |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a silver coin, eight to a rupee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, a silver coin, eight to a rupee
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rupee	rupee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah it's paper money from the sahib's office, worth more than a rupee

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t3:o2:1
# text = nah it's paper money from the sahib's office, worth more than a rupee
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sahib	sahib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	parataxis	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rupee	rupee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | paper money |  | the sahib's office |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it's an old coin, and there are sixteen annas in each rupee, so it's a small sum

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, it's an old coin, and there are sixteen annas in each rupee, so it's a small sum
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	annas	anna	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	rupee	rupee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a old coin and a small sum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | sixteen annas in each rupee |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | rupee | a small sum |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, old Indian coins, sixteen to a rupee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:626-pg236-part27:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, old Indian coins, sixteen to a rupee
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	appos	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rupee	rupee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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