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title: Dad: "When people nick stuff, we all pay a bit more." If a shop lose… — Taking without paying: the consequences · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: "When people nick stuff, we all pay a bit more." If a shop loses £50 a week and has 500 customers, how much extra each? Test 10 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 question and of eac
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# Test 10 · Taking without paying: the consequences

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Dad: "When people nick stuff, we all pay a bit more." If a shop loses £50 a week and has 500 customers, how much extra each?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people, we, shop · **What happens:** nick, pay, lose, have · **To what, where:** stuff, more, 500 customers

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This is test 10 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money 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/money/15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "When people nick stuff, we all pay a bit more."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:1
# text = Dad: "When people nick stuff, we all pay a bit more."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	nick	nick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** *in a quote* | present | people | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | we | more |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset |

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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:* If a shop loses £50 a week and has 500 customers, how much extra each?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:2
# text = If a shop loses £50 a week and has 500 customers, how much extra each?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | a shop |  |  |  | week |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present | a shop *not said here* | 500 customers |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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50p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:o1:1
# text = 50p
1	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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10p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:o2:1
# text = 10p
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:o3:1
# text = £1
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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1p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t10:o4:1
# text = 1p
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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