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title: Identify the course of action most consistent with the established g… — Taking without paying: the consequences · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action most consistent with the established guidance where an adult requests a child to conceal goods and remove them from a shop. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Taking without paying: the consequences

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Identify the course of action most consistent with the established guidance where an adult requests a child to conceal goods and remove them from a shop.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, adult · **What happens:** identify, establish, request, conceal, remove · **To what, where:** course, child, goods, shop

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/money/15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e3:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with the established guidance where an adult requests a child to conceal goods and remove them from a shop.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
20	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	19	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **request** | present | a adult |  | a child |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
| 4 | **conceal** | to-infinitive | a adult *not said here* | goods |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Patient |
| 5 | **remove** | infinitive | a adult *not said here* | goods |  | a shop |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from shop=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Refusal and the informing of a trusted adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e3:o1:1
# text = Refusal and the informing of a trusted adult
1	Refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	informing	informing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **inform** |  | a trusted adult |  |  |  |  |  | nom informing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Compliance on a single occasion only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e3:o2:1
# text = Compliance on a single occasion only
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Compliance upon receipt of the payment offered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e3:o3:1
# text = Compliance upon receipt of the payment offered
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | Compliance upon receipt of the payment |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **receipt** |  |  | the payment |  |  |  |  | nom receipt «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Negotiation of a larger payment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e3:o4:1
# text = Negotiation of a larger payment
1	Negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **negotiate** |  |  | a larger payment |  |  |  |  | nom negotiation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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