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title: What would happen if lots of people shoplifted from a small shop? — Taking without paying: the consequences · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if lots of people shoplifted from a small shop? Test 5 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · Taking without paying: the consequences

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What would happen if lots of people shoplifted from a small shop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lots · **What happens:** happen, shoplift · **To what, where:** small shop

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t5:1
# text = What would happen if lots of people shoplifted from a small shop?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	shoplifted	shoplift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shoplift** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | lots of people |  |  | a small shop |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent 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 {#o1}

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The government would pay for all the losses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t5:o1:1
# text = The government would pay for all the losses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	losses	loss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | the government |  |  |  |  | for all losses | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for loss=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, shops have endless money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, shops have endless money
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Nothing shops | endless money |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

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

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It could raise prices or even close, hurting everyone nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t5:o3:1
# text = It could raise prices or even close, hurting everyone nearby
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	raise	raise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hurting	hurt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | could | It | prices |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme |
| 2 | **hurt** | gerund |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would get richer and lower its prices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:15-taking-without-paying-the-consequences:t5:o4:1
# text = It would get richer and lower its prices
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | It | its prices |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus |

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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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