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title: my aunt says a pickpocket took "500 quid" from a kid's back pocket a… — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: my aunt says a pickpocket took "500 quid" from a kid's back pocket at the market. what's prob exaggerated Test 18 · ★ 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 option; 
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# Test 18 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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my aunt says a pickpocket took "500 quid" from a kid's back pocket at the market. what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** aunt, pickpocket · **What happens:** say, take, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** 500 quid, back pocket, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t18:1
# text = my aunt says a pickpocket took "500 quid" from a kid's back pocket at the market. what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pickpocket	pickpocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
24	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | past | a pickpocket | 500 quid |  | a kid's back pocket |  | at the market | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent quid=Theme from pocket=Source at market=Asset |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *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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That pickpockets exist at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t18:o1:1
# text = That pickpockets exist at all
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pickpockets	pickpocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | that pickpockets |  |  | all |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That back pockets are easy to reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t18:o2:1
# text = That back pockets are easy to reach
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | back pockets |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | back pockets *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The amount; keep money in a zipped pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t18:o3:1
# text = The amount; keep money in a zipped pocket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	zipped	zip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | infinitive | the amount *not said here* | money |  | a zipped pocket |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent money=Theme in pocket=Location |
| 2 | **zip** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That markets get busy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t18:o4:1
# text = That markets get busy
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	markets	market	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | that markets |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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