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title: Bruv, who first said the shilling was dodgy and good for nothing? — Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, who first said the shilling was dodgy and good for nothing? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca…

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Bruv, who first said the shilling was dodgy and good for nothing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv, shilling · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 975 «Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is called false and passed from hand to hand» 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/975-pg27200-part186/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t3:1
# text = Bruv, who first said the shilling was dodgy and good for nothing?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Bruv |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the shilling |  |  |  |  | for nothing; dodgy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the shilling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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a bystander who saw it fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t3:o1:1
# text = a bystander who saw it fall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bystander	bystander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | a bystander | bystander |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | a bystander |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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someone who found it on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t3:o2:1
# text = someone who found it on the floor
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past |  | it |  | the floor |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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some bloke in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t3:o3:1
# text = some bloke in the hall
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a random geezer near the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t3:o4:1
# text = a random geezer near the door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	geezer	geezer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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