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title: ★★★ A Victorian family buys three hats at 10/6 each. How much is that? — Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A Victorian family buys three hats at 10/6 each. How much is that? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shi…

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★★★ A Victorian family buys three hats at 10/6 each. How much is that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, that · **What happens:** buy, be · **To what, where:** three hats, 10/6

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 81 «Alice's Victorian world: tea, croquet, pocket watches, shillings and chimney sweeps» of the history 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/history/81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A Victorian family buys three hats at 10/6 each.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:1
# text = ★★★ A Victorian family buys three hats at 10/6 each.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	10/6	10/6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | ★ ★ a Victorian family | three hats |  | 10/6 |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent hat=Theme at 10/6=Asset |

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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 is that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:2
# text = How much is that?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | much *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£3 1s 6d (three pounds, one shilling and sixpence altogether)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:o1:1
# text = £3 1s 6d (three pounds, one shilling and sixpence altogether)
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	1s	1	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	6d	6d	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	shilling	shilling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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£31 6d (thirty-one pounds and sixpence)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:o2:1
# text = £31 6d (thirty-one pounds and sixpence)
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	6d	6d	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£1 10s 6d (one pound, ten shillings and sixpence)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:o3:1
# text = £1 10s 6d (one pound, ten shillings and sixpence)
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	10s	10	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	6d	6d	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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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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£1 11s 6d (one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:81-alice-s-victorian-world-tea-croquet-pocket-watches-shillings-and-chimney-sweeps:t12:o4:1
# text = £1 11s 6d (one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence)
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	11s	11	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	6d	6d	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	shillings	shilling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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