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title: A boy in Sydney keeps his birthday money loose in his shorts' back p… — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Sydney keeps his birthday money loose in his shorts' back pocket at a busy market. What is the risk? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 1 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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A boy in Sydney keeps his birthday money loose in his shorts' back pocket at a busy market. What is the risk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, risk · **What happens:** keep, be · **To what, where:** birthday money, back pocket

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» of the everyday 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/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Sydney keeps his birthday money loose in his shorts' back pocket at a busy market.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:1
# text = A boy in Sydney keeps his birthday money loose in his shorts' back pocket at a busy market.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shorts	short	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | a boy in Sydney | boy's birthday money |  | boy's shorts's back pocket |  | at a busy market | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Theme in pocket=Location |

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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:* What is the risk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:2
# text = What is the risk?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the risk |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It will turn into coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:o1:1
# text = It will turn into coins
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | future | It |  |  | coins |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into coin=Trajectory |

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

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It can fall out or be taken without him noticing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:o2:1
# text = It can fall out or be taken without him noticing
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall out** | can | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **notice** | gerund | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Shops will not accept it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:o3:1
# text = Shops will not accept it
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **accept** | future | Shops | it |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, back pockets are the safest place for notes and coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t1:o4:1
# text = Nothing, back pockets are the safest place for notes and coins
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | back pockets | the safest place |  |  |  | for notes and coins | tree rules |

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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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