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title: Who got the lucky shilling round their neck? — Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who got the lucky shilling round their neck? Test 8 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's c
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Shilling, part 186: a shilling is ca…

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Who got the lucky shilling round their neck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** lucky shilling

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t8:1
# text = Who got the lucky shilling round their neck?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past |  | the lucky shilling |  |  |  | round their neck | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's girls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t8:o1:1
# text = the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's girls
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | next door |  |  |  |  | with the woman's girls; always, outside *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with girl=Co-Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the neighbour's little kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t8:o2:1
# text = the neighbour's little kid
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the mother's oldest child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t8:o3:1
# text = the mother's oldest child
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's boys

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:975-pg27200-part186:t8:o4:1
# text = the little kid from the house next door who always played outside with the woman's boys
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | next door |  |  |  |  | with the woman's boys; always, outside *property* | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with boy=Co-Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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