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title: Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and lo… — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen. What makes sense? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen. What makes sense?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Someone · **What happens:** stand, look, make · **To what, where:** sense

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:1
# text = Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	nsubj	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cashpoint	cashpoint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	very	very	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present · progressive | Someone |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | Someone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the screen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at screen=Theme |

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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 makes sense?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:2
# text = What makes sense?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present |  | sense |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sense=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Read the PIN to them so they can help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:o1:1
# text = Read the PIN to them so they can help
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	PIN	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the PIN | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pin=Topic to they=Recipient |
| 2 | **help** | can | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cover the keypad and wait for the person to step back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:o2:1
# text = Cover the keypad and wait for the person to step back
1	Cover	cover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	keypad	keypad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | imperative | you *not said here* | the keypad |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the person | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **step back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask them to type the PIN in instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:o3:1
# text = Ask them to type the PIN in instead
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	type	type	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	PIN	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **type** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the PIN |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pin=Theme in instead=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leave the card in the machine and walk away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t2:o4:1
# text = Leave the card in the machine and walk away
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the card |  | the machine |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent card=Theme in machine=Location |
| 2 | **walk away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=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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