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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Taking without paying: the consequences · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of theft upon the prices charged to honest customers. Exam question 4 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Taking without paying: the consequences

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of theft upon the prices charged to honest customers.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, prices · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, charge, effect · **To what, where:** response, effect, theft

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the effect of theft upon the prices charged to honest customers.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the effect of theft |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus effect=Experiencer |
| 4 | **charge** | past | the prices | the effect of theft *not said here* |  |  |  | to honest customers | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location effect=Theme |
| 5 | **effect** |  |  | theft |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Prices are paid in full by the police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e4:o1:1
# text = Prices are paid in full by the police
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the police | Prices |  | full |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Prices are unaffected by any losses whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e4:o2:1
# text = Prices are unaffected by any losses whatsoever
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unaffected	unaffected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	losses	loss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Prices |  |  |  |  | by any losses; unaffected, whatsoever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Prices are reduced in order to deter theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e4:o3:1
# text = Prices are reduced in order to deter theft
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	deter	deter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present · passive |  | Prices |  | order |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **deter** | to-infinitive |  | theft |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer theft=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prices are raised in part to cover losses arising from theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:e4:o4:1
# text = Prices are raised in part to cover losses arising from theft
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	losses	loss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	arising	arise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present · passive |  | Prices |  | part |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in part=Destination |
| 2 | **cover** | to-infinitive |  | losses |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme loss=Destination |
| 3 | **arise** | gerund | losses *not said here* |  |  | theft |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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